Winter Time Solace
January 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm by Dee O'Neil Andrews
The new week started yesterday with bright sunshine, after a very bleak, cold, wet, dreary week. My mood brightened just a bit, too.
When we moved into our house last summer, good friends gave us a fire pit as a housewarming gift. It was hot and muggy and while we appreciated the thought, it's use seemed to be a long way off.
Well, yesterday afternoon about 2:30 p.m. we used it for the first time together out on our back wooden deck. It was in the upper 40's, but still outside and the sun shone brightly down on us as Tom made a fire with one of those fire logs you buy for such a purpose and with a couple of pinon wood logs from New Mexico.
We sat next to each other in our white Adirondack chairs close to the fire. Talk was limited, but came easy, as it always does between Tom and me. We rested in a quiet so grand you could hear birds chirp and leaves blowing about just a bit.
The pinon wood smelled wonderful and the fire's heat felt even better. The sky was clear and bright blue with just a few fine, wispy clouds to add a touch of white to emphasize the blue even more.
We relaxed out on the deck by the fire for a couple of hours, I guess. I felt as if I were undergoing sun therapy.
I also decided that was the place for my winter meditations when all of the circumstances should be right, and they were yesterday.
Sometimes we can be thankful to God for some of the simpler pleasures in life, like sitting quietly on the back deck in the sun by a warm fire on a cool Sunday afternoon.
Come join us next time we do that. We have some more chairs there on the other side of the fire just waiting for some quiet company. You'll be glad you came by and we'll be happy to see you.
Dee
Glad that you seem to have found some balance and serenity! So happy for you!
Dee,
Wonderful post sister.
I can’t wait til’ Spring!
I hope you have a blessed week.
Kinney Mabry
Sounds like a perfect evening! Jan has a fire burning in our fireplace (real logs, not gas) almost every night. House always smells smoky, too, but that’s part of the ambiance, I suppose.
this was a lovely post…
blessings,
donna
Can I come to your porch? Today was the first day we had temps that weren’t freezing (it got to 44!) but the wall of cold is supposed to hit us around midnight. We’ll have snow and get down to 18 with a high of 22 tomorrow and more snow forecast later this weekend.
I could use a porch in Mississippi about now!
Sounds good to me too. Although our weather is not that cold. It is 53 right now and it’s 6:15 PM. I did have on a light jacket today. If we ever get out your way we’ll be sure to come
I can’t stand all of this dust!
Sounds AMAZING, Dee!
Move over Dee- here we come- you made that sound so inviting.
I have thought about a fire pit, but living in Florida I thought what is the use! But January so far has demonstrated that there is a use.
Thanks for the post.