Thank you all for those wonderful suggestions! I’m going to print them out and keep them nearby, for whenever I need cheering. It certainly will help that the house is nearly done now, for one thing, it’s much much brighter and lighter than it used to be, and that’s important in wintertime. The kitchen is irtually finished now, but we’ve been waiting for wall tiles to come in for weeks now, and until they arrive I don’t want to show you any photos of the kitchen. But as soon as I can, I will! We’re already planning our next project, the bathroom, which will be the last room in the house that needs doing. I must be mad, I haven’t recovered from the kitchen yet!! But it will be so nice to have the whole house done. Next year we are going to concentrate on the garden, which is a large one. We’re going to have veggie patches, for one thing! 

It’s no good, I can’t ignore it any more. Summer is nearly over. The weather is getting cooler, the evenings are getting darker, the blackberries are starting to appear, and the shops are full of Back To School signs.

All of my life I’ve greeted the end of summer, and the beginning of autumn, with glee. Autumn was always my favourite season, and I didn’t even mind winter. But the last two winters have been….. difficult. Challenging. And I must confess, I’m not looking forward to this one at all. I’m getting a bit experienced now at SAD, I know the stuff I need to do (get outside as much as possible, exercise daily, use a lightbox), but I still can’t help being a bit daunted by the prospect of winter.

So, I need your help. Tell me all the good things about autumn/winter, all the things you look forward to, and what tricks you employ to make the dark months pass easier. Help me find my winter cozy again.

Over to you……..