Winter

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Picture for Israd: this is a view of our hall and the front door
(I don’t seem to have many pictures of the house!)

10 things I like about winter:

1. those clear, clear mornings when everything feels crisp and fresh
2. the green of all the grass verges around Perth – in summer time they are dry and brown unless you spend time watering them
3. mushrooms that sprout in the mulch
4. thick hearty soups
5. sitting around an open fire drinking hot tea
6. sitting under a doona with M and Baubles the Cat, watching tv – very snuggly
7. hot baths
8. lying in a warm bed listening to the rain on the roof
9. being able to wear your favourite jumper
10. the smell of wood fires

10 things I dislike about winter:

1. those clear, clear mornings where it is freezing and getting out of bed feels like torture
2. muddy puddles that get your feet wet so that they are cold all day
3. the smell of damp
4. eating too much soup
5. open fires that smoke and make things sooty
6. having to sit under a doona when you watch tv, cause it’s so darn cold!
7. not being able to have a bath – we don’t actually have a bath in our house
8. lying in a warm bed listening to the rain on the roof and wondering if the leak in the kitchen ceiling is getting bigger
9. pulling your favourite jumper out of the winter clothes box and finding it has HOLES
10. the smell of wood fires; sometimes there is so much smoke from all those fires around the neighbourhood it makes me cough!