hello cold!

this was our winter view last year,
from the living room of our townhouse in guelph.
as the temperature continues to drop this week
and i prepare to greet winter with plum-hued tights,
cozy knit legwarmers, and my favorite red toque,
i wonder what the first snowfall will look like
from our tenth floor windows
overlooking toronto's east end?

although i'm loving the chill in the air

and the christmas spirit that i can feel

coming over the horizon,

a small part of me wishes i could still head home

and enjoy a cold drink on a hot patio.

it doesn't seem so long ago that we were sipping these
on an extremely hot day last summer!

until next summer,

i guess cocktail hour will be more

amarula-spiked coffee

than ginger-mint lemonade!

ps, have you tried amarula?

i like it better than kahlua or bailey's!