calm before the storm (in a good way!)

{charlie & theo like to cuddle}

we have been soaking up our quiet little winter lately,

and there hasn't been much to write about.

more movies

more farmer's market meals

(lately: shepherd's pie made with 100% grass fed beef,

rich mexican-flavoured chickpea stew,

and braised chicken legs with sweet potatoes)

more cuddles

more big, thick books

(lately: jonathan safran foer's eating animals

& michael pollan's the omnivore's dilemma)

more evenings spent on our comfy couch with candles lit

and the fireplace warming the apartment.

i'm enjoying these last days of peaceful evenings

and late-starting mornings

before i plunge head-on into a life of
full-time work in my little blue-walled office

plus many hours a week of yoga teacher training,

which begins on february seventh!

along with that will be my (slow) return to half-marathon training,

so it is promising to be a very busy next few months.

for these last two weeks though,

i plan to squeeze all the lazy winter hibernation
out of my days

as i can.