Winter is officially here in Kentucky. We have had a snow and temperatures cold enough to start freezing the pond, which means it is cold. This will be my third winter in central Kentucky and it contains a chill that makes me want to hibernate in my bathroom soaking in warm coconut oil. I have lived in Colorado and on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and neither compare to this coldness. Perhaps I am now older with thinner skin. Perhaps my intolerance it due to motherhood and I am over-concerned for the warmth of my child. Maybe because when I was in Colorado and North Carolina I was more active in snow-like activities and here without snow winter is just depressing. Maybe since I have lived here Kentucky has experienced its coldest winters in thirty years.
Whatever the reason, when we do have days, like today, that are sunny, dry, and warm (a bustling 50) one must take advantage of the heatwave. During my daughter's nap I was out on the pond paddling my stand up board. I am surrounded my farm country so I am sure the neighbors are watching eyes wild open. "Cora Mae! Look here! That girl thinks she can walk on water." Then I met my husband at the arboretum for a run in sunshine pushing our daughter along as she sang to the iTunes. Lastly, it is warm in enough for me to finish a painting project in the workshop.
All in all, a very productive day.
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