Seasonal pleasures (and not)

The pleasure of going with the seasons may have different origins:

1-It is not like we have much of a choice...

2-Therefore, better enjoy it.

3-Seasonal events are great fun (think Xmas, Easter).

4-Every opportunity to rejoyce and share is welcome!

This is 4 reasons good enough not to be sorry for the grey sky and our lack of energy, the typical seasonal downward phase. When choosing lovely fresh products from our local deli - the fantastic Mabrouk shop, in Haarlem - I came across a typical seasonal blessing: ridiculously pinkish rhubarb! The color is enough to make you love the month of January (ok, even February gets a go). All the nice things you can do with it is another good reason to stamp a smile on your face. All the more as our seasonal celebration for this Tuesday 10 February will be our 18 years together with hubby. All the ingredients are here then... Well, I am actually missing a few to make the rhubarb grunt for tonight, but grocery hubby will walk through the door any minute to fix that. What's a grunt? Think along the lines of the crumble/cobbler, except the topping is made of whipped cream instead of butter. It better be good, because that bejewelled rhubarb needs to be at its best!

And since I am at it, there is going to be another seasonal event in this house: I am scheduled for surgery on Thursday. Yep, much less of a celebration that is. But I am trying to take things philosophically: enjoy every minute, trust the specialists (aka doctors, surgeons, anesthesists, nurses and the whole lot) and try to listen more often to Milena's words - an all-year round piece of advice - that are already working for me: "think of your stay at the hospital as a trip to the SPA, pack nice comfy things and go".