After a long hiatus to immerse ourselves in the earth with garden design, planting, and then maintenance, the outdoor gardening has finally come to a halt for the time being. The holidays have passed and a new year (and a new decade) has burst upon us and awakened our crafty brains. We’re in the process of updating all of our websites, trying out new sites for marketing our craft products (more on this in another post), thinking of new craft products to make, and, yes, checking out the myriad of seed catalogs to see what is new and making lists of seeds to order. We’re also tucking away ideas for garden designs. This is all in addition to normal daily life, cooking yummy foods from our freezer stock and trying not to turn into a blob. In short, we’re NOT hibernating!
Keeping busy is a powerful antidote to the seasonal depression that strikes in January and February for some of us. Finding tasks that must be thought about, mulled over, and brought to reality pushes away the darkness and sadness that threatens to drown us. Getting outside to breathe the fresh air, admiring the sunlight glinting off the snow, feeling the swish of the snow under your skis, hearing the birds chirping and chipping all help to chase those demons away.
What are you doing to keep busy?
And just to remind you what will be coming up in a few short months:
