Warm Weather Hygge
By definition, hygge (hooga) according to the Denmark website is about "taking time away from the daily rush to be together with people you care about - or even by yourself - to relax and enjoy life's quieter pleasures." There's a fun little book I read on vacation back in 2018 called The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living and I loved it so much, I bought one as soon as I got back. There was actually nothing more relaxing than reading that little book curled up on the couch in the sunroom with a cup of tea and is one of my favorite memories of that trip. Many tend to associate this practice in the cooler months of Fall and Winter because it tends to focus on the act of being cozy. Snuggling under a blanket, enjoying a warm, healing cup of tea by the fireplace (or fireplace on TV ), lighting a favorite candle while doing a calming hobby like cross stitch or scrapbooking. Being a hyggephant, I can tell you that I never associated warm wea...
This week went by super fast but I am not complaining at all about that. So glad it's the weekend and happy that we made it to October!
ReplyDeleteWhat a week...glad it's behind all of us now. Just came back from a long drive in the country with the dogs. First time I've gone the long route in quite a while. It's a wee bit too chilly though with the windows open and no real change of colors yet. We're due in about 2 weeks so I'll take them out there again. I'm doing laundry today and putting together a neat little table I bought. The rest of the weekend is typical stuff with grocery shopping and work. I'd say doing house stuff but I make no promises at this point. LOL And I WILL make my banana bread today (she said for the past three weeks)!
ReplyDeleteHave a super duper weekend! =o)