Winter Days

The Vancouver area has transformed in to a beautiful winter mountain village over the last two or three weeks. We have more snow in our front yard than many ski areas do. Just yesterday I went to pick up some friends who had been hit in their truck at a stop light by a car sliding in to them, and the drive there was reminiscent of some high altitude Rocky Mountain drive. The trees are just packed with snow, and the roads slippery, no blacktop in sight. But today, the melt begins…

I just finished my bowl of granola, with bee pollen sprinkled on top, frozen blueberries from the Summer pick, and some yogurt and a little milk. I was up fairly early, and got some reading in before the day really gets going. I am immersed in a book called “One Taste” by Ken Wilber; its essentially his diary from the year 1997, and it’s just so fascinating reading about the day to day life of an author I so highly respect. It’s this glimpse in to a strangers life that has made the modern day blogosphere such a phenomenon. 

So I’m heading out to some tool stores today, there are a few house projects coming up, and I’m also making my wood shop bigger; moving the wall so it becomes a 10′x10′ size shop instead of a 7′x10′ shop. Still pretty tiny, but will do the trick. Caryn and I were pretty happy to make most of our gifts this year for Christmas; she turned some wood for pens, and I made spoons and such, I’ll post some pictures later. As much as we were glad to make these gifts, I think we are both blessed with the time to actually make the gifts in the first place; so fortunate.

Hope you are enjoying this time between Christmas and New Years, hopefully you are finding some time to relax and do the things that are so often put on hold during the busyness of daily life.

RL