We awakened to the glorious sunshine again today. I opened all the blinds and gazed out from the loft. The lake was a sea of glass with the two parent swans swimming majestically not far from my windows. Farther out, seagulls and pigeons dove for food.
I got laundry caught up and some cleaning done....that feels good. I also got some letters written.
It is still very cold....in fact in the winter time, cloud cover generally makes it warmer. The weather report said that it was 7 degrees C. but that it felt like 2. With that in mind, we bundled up in several layers of clothing before donning our coats. OK, I bundled up. SK doesn't know that it is winter yet. He wore his rain coat with the lining in...no scarf around his neck, no gloves and no hat. What are we going to do with him?
We walked quite a ways looking for a plumbing supply store, which turned out to be a store for plumbers. We were not allowed in. Next stop, Inco....which is the next best thing to our Costco wannabe. It is large...it is a warehouse type of store. In fact, it is a restaurant supply company.
It almost seems as if it had been built a large room at a time. Each room connects by two doors on each wall to other rooms, and we can make no sense of it. We wandered from room to room but bought nothing today. We looked at prices and amounts. We were looking for vanilla, which I had been told by a company rep in an email was sold at Inco. They did have the brand, but not vanilla...chocolate flavoring, almond and rosemary????
They also had green chilies! That was a find. We were tired before we got through and I am sure we didn't see everything there was to see. We left with two stops to make before arriving back in our apartment....the whole day probably wasn't more than 4 miles, if that much....but it seemed like ten. That is the one real problem with walking.....however far you travel, you will have to retrace your steps to get home.
By the time we got home, it was dark and Christmas lights were twinkling on in windows and on balconies. Delicious scents wafted out of doors and windows as we passed. Christmas is definitely in the air.
I love this time of the year.
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