It's supposed to be quite chilly, too. These dark days of winter can be blessings in disguise.
For people who are able to stay home, they afford the opportunity to putter, do things around the house like clean out drawers and organize closets, as well as clean.
Or to just sit with a cup of hot peach tea and do nothing.
Wood is ready for burning in the living room fireplace. Sitting by a fire, warm and cozy inside, is pure joy when it's storming outside.
It's also comforting to put on a big pot of soup or beef stew early in the day. That makes the house smell nice as it cooks as well as eliminates the need to spend time cooking supper.
Just set the table, whip together a salad, add some bread and butter and it can be a comfy meal, fit for a king! It's nice to add candlelight, too, to give added ambiance.
One gets to dream a little on winter days. Some very dear people we know just returned from a special overnight at The White House Inn in Wilmington, Vermont.
It's a lovely old inn, up on a hilltop. We went there one late October night a couple of years ago. I enjoyed the fireplace in the corner of our bedroom.
We had one of the most fabulous meals of our lives in the downstairs dining room, which also had a huge old fireplace.
Someone informed us there would be a seance in the living room which was located right beneath our room. That was a little unnerving but nothing scary happened so it was unnecessary to scramble our things together and quickly depart in the middle of the night.
It was fun to recall that lovely inn experience on one recent stormy afternoon.
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