As I finally decided to stop fooling around and take seriously the approaching winter, I bought a red pair of gloves. Criminal thoughts aside, my fingers started turning blue every time I was outside.
It's been quite a while since I have not lived a full winter. I skipped it in 2007 by going to Singapore, and the last two I spent enjoying the Southern summer. I am not fond of cold weather, the good parts of it are the warm things...tea, hot wine, fire places, cozy sweaters, sleeping in, and so on. The snow might be the only cold thing I enjoy about the cold season.
But I am getting ahead of myself as we are still in the harvesting season. The markets are flooded with cabbage, the last tomatoes, seasonal apples, grapes. People still prepare in their homes pickles and fruit compotes. These are probably the last days before temperatures drop below 0 so it's the last chance to get set for the long winter. The wine is also ready, in some weeks the pigs will start being attacked.
To end the day, a trip to the wine festival in town to see what kind of year has 2010 been...
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