November has always been my favorite month. After the activity of summer and autumn, November for me is a time of snuggling down, quiet and reflective and cozy. There's winter to look forward to, going slow and turning focus inward. There's the post-harvest celebration of Thanksgiving and family and friends, mugs of soup or stew. And, okay, I'll admit it, anticipation of presents to come in December. ;)
Since we've started cruising, though, November just hasn't given me the same snuggly feeling. Since we're always traveling in a bubble of 70 degree weather, moving north in the summer and south in the winter, we don't feel the rhythm of the seasons. My bio-clock has seriously lost its calibration. An unexpected -- although admittedly minor -- downside of being a snowbird.
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| What my Novembers look like now; stormy sky above and anchorage in Georgia |
I often get confused as to what month it is. When I'm hot and sweaty, I have a hard time believing that it is April. It was even more confusing when we lived in New Zealand where everything was backwards - winter in the southern hemisphere was summer in the northern hemisphere and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteTrue that! My Australian friend says seasons drive her crazy. And I just can't get used to Xmas lights in palm trees. It's just ... wrong, to this Colorado cum Michigan girl.
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