Fighting The Fall and Winter Blues

Some people love this time of the year when the temperatures are cooling down and the leaves are changing color.

I am definitely NOT a Fall or Winter person. in fact,  I wish there could be blue skies and bright sunshine every single day during the year but this is not reality where I live. 

The beautiful sun shining has always made happy and energized therefore I really struggle with cold overcast cloudy weather. This year I made a very important decision that I will make an strong effort to bring "sunshine weather" into every single cold weather day.

At the very end of Summer, I brought a lot of beach and tropical themed home décor items to decorate every room in my home. Transforming the interior of my house into a beach house with bright happy colors, sea shells and pictures of the ocean has been my first line of defense again the sad feeling I get from the changing weather.

I will be positive  and productive about Fall and Winter instead of giving into my usual habit feeling down and unhappy. The cool and cold months take up half the year and I do not want to waste a precious moment being sad.

Choose happiness. Choose life. Everyday is a gift and should be lived to the fullest.

Tell me how you deal with the "cold weather blues."

Thanks for reading!

Thomasina

Getting Ready For The Snow

Just a day or so I was walking around the   forest area near the Cape Fear River enjoying the crisp but very comfortable cool temperature. 

The water at the River was the highest I have ever seen it. This is a pic of one of the paths on the River banks where people stand to fish. 

The weather people are saying we will get a little bit of snow and ice. 

I will be in my house enjoying a DVD marathon of Alias seasons 3 and 4. I was very happy to have found Alias season 3 DVD set at Trade-It for $4.99. 

Today I got Alias season 4 for only $5.00 (plus tax) when I took in some DVDs to trade at Edward McKay used bookstore. 

I will also write a few blog posts and a Mermaid short story I have been thinking about.

Hopefully, it will not snow as bad as last year - we got two bad snow storms. 

Stay warm and safe everybody!

Thomasina

Foggy morning at the ocean

This is my first time experiencing fog at the ocean. Be aware, this not a blurry pic. It was pea soup fog . "Dracula ridin' to port up in his boat in a horror movie" fog. LOL!

Pardon the dramatics but thick fog over a huge spanse of deep water was kinda freaking me out. 

At first, no one was on the beach (Myrtle Beach, SC if you are new to my blog) it seemed creepy, lonely and endless. After a while, I saw some rather spry senior citizens walking their dog like "this is no problem where everybody at"? 

I had a good laugh at myself. A bit later, I ventured outside into the misty air just as the fog was burning off in the sun.

 During this beach trip, I saw the ocean in other types of weather besides sunny for the very first time. Needless to say, I definitely have a very healthy respect for the power of the Atlantic ocean. 

Nature is big, beautiful, and ever changing. But nature has a tremendous amount of both power and mystery.

Thanks for reading!