Nesting in November

I love November. The colder air, the darker-early evenings, the leaves, then the barren trees. There's something so nice about cooking, baking, even cleaning in the house as the wind whips through the woods outside. When Maria was little, our lives were filled with fun projects in November and December. While she is making her own memories with Grace now, I still do the same things. Baking, needlework, cooking, while a happy musical or heartwarming old movie keeps me company. When we are together, we cook, we eat, we linger over hot tea and sweet treats. On Wednesday I'll spend the night at Maria's, and have Thanksgiving there. The fire will be blazing, we'll cook and laugh and outside the wind will blow, but we won't mind. We'll have November to keep us warm.