When the days start to shorten and the lights go on earlier and earlier, the dew is on the hedges in the morning
and the bumble bees are not as active or busy; I captured this one on my phone just sitting in the morning mist on todays walk down at the river.
I start to get a bit down. I am a SAD sufferer, Season Affected Disorder and when Autumn starts turning all the leaves golden and the hedges give up their sloes for gin making, berries for jams and pies and the tall whispering weeds become fluffy clouds of seeds waiting to be blown into their over winter resting places I start to get miserable.
Yesterday, I was walking with my lovely dog walking friends when we came across this little chap..
He gives this gorgeous grin on command, such a happy puppy and he is suffering with a skin condition at the moment which has made him itch and scratch until he is sore, his owner said that the vet has told them he is allergic to something so they are now undergoing various tests and fuss to find out what, but he can still give a grin.
My lovely dog walking friend said that she too is a sufferer of SAD and what she does is think lovely things that she can look forward to in the Winter. Snuggling up with a warm drink and roasting toes near the fire after a long walk with the dogs, through the snow and late Winter sunshine, wrapped up in thick jumpers and socks with welly boots that mean you can crunch the ground whether it be snow or heavy frost. Seeing the trees shed their leaves making huge piles on the ground that the dogs can charge through and play in. Watching Defi roll in the muddy fields and knowing I have to go home and bath him seems to cheer her up too, although I am not sure its something I look forward too!
But I can look forward to toasty days with the kiln and create my beads, or sit with warm drinks and write my stories in the kitchen or even...
finish my crocheting with my favourite little friend, Gordy my little cat, he whose stories we write for Cat World Magazine each month. He has taken to my unfinished poncho and sits with me whilst I try and finish it, I have plenty of yarn so will be busy this Winter in the evenings.
I have plenty to look forward too when the nights draw in and the wind calls at the windows.
I think everyone gets a little down Laney when the nights draw in, it's even more difficult for SAD sufferers....we are controlled by the daylight and we all start to lose our energy and slow down. The sad thing is that in the modern world we are expected to do as much in the winter as we do in the summer...we would naturally slightly hibernate. Our poor bodies don't really know what to do. You friend's ideas are so cheerful....let's click our cups of cocoa on a cold winter's day. Hugs to you xx
ReplyDeleteI am so much brighter the last couple of days Jane, its definitely the sunshine over the weekend. Cheers with my cup of cocoa I look forward to reading your blog and cheering myself up :)
DeletePS lovely beads especially the sweet little field mouse x
ReplyDeleteLaney i 'am in love with that seal bead....in LOVE i tell you! You did a great job with it! I seem to come alive in the fall and winter.... i can hardly wait...and get a little grumpy with each continuing hot day.... I hope you do find somethings to be cheery about my friend! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteThank you Deb :) I love the heat, just feeling the warm sun on my shoulders........
DeleteWhat an artist you are! Those beads are beautiful! I have a friend who suffers from the same condition and she actually bought a lamp that she sits under....she said that it does help a bit. Good attitude to focus on the things that you can accomplish though I can barely believe that we will be entering into autumn as I feel the snow has just melted here! Wishing you all good things! Nicole xo
ReplyDeleteI have two daylight bulbs in my studio Nicole and they help a little bit, I can't believe how quickly the months fly by, whatever happened to the long lazy days of summer when I was a child!!
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