The four seasons play funny little tricks on the residents of England. Without even realising it, we make decisions about our home, depending on the seasons.
Only yesterday when I was enjoying the autumn sunshine, and clearing up the first leaves of the fall from my lawn, as I was thinking of the wafts of Sunday roast scents coming from my neighbour’s house.
It only seemed a few days ago that it was the waft of BBQs coming from over the fence, and yet I found myself preparing the garden for another winter.
You notice the supermarket seems to have more winter vegetables then the summer salads already, things like that go unnoticed as you find yourself shopping differently, without even realising.
The heating has already been on a few times at home, the mornings are certainly darker, and the evenings become shorter and shorter.
Of course none of this is a surprise, the same thing happens every year. For me, the “winter fixture list” seems to happen in stages, Halloween, Fireworks night, Christmas Shopping, New Years Eve, January Diet, February misery, then full of hope again in March.
As you can possibly tell already, I am not a winter person at all. But as the title of this blog post suggests, there are things that I do, without thinking, things that I enjoy about the winter.
The other day I bought my wife something from Yankee Candles UK – now they sell the world’s best fragrant candles, in a variety of scents. I bought her a large jar candle, with a wintry scent to it, hoping that it would last the entire season. There really is something to be said about curling up on the sofa, with the heating on, and the room is lit with a candle, releasing a delightful scent to make your home feel cosy.
Yankee Candles beat any of the candles I’ve bought in supermarkets or home stores. It’s my recommendation of the day, you’d be amazed at the difference in fragrances between a Yankee Candle and one of the competitors.
There is a little romance about a candle too, and according to Yankee Candles UK, they manage to sell 75% of their products in the winter months, meaning I’m not the only one who likes to have that cosy feel at home.
So after a weekend of preparing my garden for winter, saying goodbye to my Weber BBQs of the summer, and feeling a little depressed that we may have to suffer another harsh English winter, the cosy warm feeling I got when I went inside cheered me up immediately.
No doubt by the time I get my winter coat out, and my boots, hit the shops to spend what little money I have left on Christmas presents, I’ll be a bit more happy about the winter.
Until then, you’ll find me on my sofa, heating on, Yankee Candle burning away, and generally dreaming of another Summer.
