Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Winter Wonderland!



Today has been a wild, stormy day. We've had torrential downpours, hailstones and strong winds. Winter is a much maligned season. There are however, a lot of positives that come out of Winter and with the start of Spring more than two months away, I have decided to make a list of these things. In no particular order:


  • Open fires

  • Spectacular storms... thunder, lightning, the whole enchilada!

  • Listening to rain on the rooftop whilst lying in bed

  • Crisp, sunny mornings and crisp sunny days

  • Queenstown covered in snow

  • Milford Sound covered in snow

  • Snow-capped mountains

  • Fluffy slippers - some people may think that this is not a good thing - but they are wrong!

  • Hot soup

  • A good book

  • Deserted beaches

  • Puffing clouds of condensation

  • Hot chocolate

  • Hot toddies

  • No grid-lock at Mission Bay

  • No queues for ice-cream

  • Don't have to worry about sunburn

  • Movie marathons

  • Better programming on tv

  • One hour Mondays of 'Shortland Street'

  • Fewer insects

  • Pyjama days

  • Ski season - not that I ski, however...

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