Winter is for Dreaming…

What is the weather like where you are at? Is your winter cold, snowy, windy…or is it wet, cold and dreary? Is your winter warm? For those of us dealing with the cold, wet, snowy version of winter, this is the time we gardeners, farmers and hobby growers sit around the the kitchen table, surrounded by seed catalogs and dream…plan…wish…

For us the seed catalog is like the ‘ol timey Sears and Roebuck catalog, Christmas Edition…the Wish Book! Oh, the pretty pictures! The vivid descriptions! As much as I enjoy the the current technology, nothing is quite like a paper catalog. It’s like an old book. Yeah, you have your Kindle but nothing smells like an old book, that’s why I still like going to the library, older libraries especially, the smell…they smell like history, they smell familiar, like your Grand Pa’s favorite shirt. Some of today’s seed catalogs are like works of art! There are those that even offer their illustrations as prints that one can buy and frame. Wow! So hey, gather your catalogs, make yourself some hot cocoa, coffee, tea, or cider. Find something warm and fuzzy to wrap up in and immerse yourself in your time of wishing and planning and dreaming…enjoy.