February Gratefuls (or The Anti-Blahs)

The February blahs seem to be rearing their ugly head already and I think a list of things for which I am grateful would be a good antidote, alors voici:

• warm wool blankets
• sunshine and blue skies
• a fridge full of food
• paint and canvases and cardboard
  
• a home to shelter me from the cold
• a new-to-me butterfly jigsaw puzzle
• hot chocolate
• peppermint tea
• art magazines
• a 1950's teaching book called Natural Science Through the Seasons
• a 1937 Film Pictorial Annual inscribed "June Timms, Christmas 1936"
  
• my laptop
• classic movies
• my black patent leather (vinyl?) mary jane ballerina flats
  
• an upcoming field trip to Montréal with the Mad Chatters, a discussion group I'm a part of that's been going strong for over four years (can't say the same for our blog though - oops!)
  
• an upcoming weekend getaway with D. to Château Montebello with a possible detour to Montréal to catch a Waterhouse exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (LOVE that place)
  
• a potential trip to NYC in the works
  
• D.'s arms - he's cozy
• Cassie's soft golden fur - she's cozy
• being surrounded by coziness
  
• my family
• my friends
• the opportunity to heal hurts that still linger
  
• this space, this blog
• chickadees and blue jays
  
• Pinot Grigio
  
• my eight year old Honda Civic
• find-a-words
  
• I'm going to be an auntie to a new niece come March (yay!)
  
• Squam Art Workshops and the wonderful connections it brought me, how it opened me up to deep friendships, creative community and possibility
  
• my library
• a book on Canadian painting I found there a few weeks ago
• dinner plans with a dear friend at a favourite vegetarian restaurant
  
• Mad Men
• a paycheck
• my home office and whiteboard
• possibility

I could go on.

Tonight's score: Steph 37, Blahs 0.