Favorite Month -- February

After a lot of thought, I have decided that February is at least my second favorite month and possibly the first.  July has always been tops as my favorite time of year because it has lots of warm weather and sunshine.  Beach weather.  Now that I am old, beach weather is not so important.  In fact, it gets harder and harder to sunbathe; it feels much too warm, especially when a hot flash hits.

So February has at least moved into a tie for first place as my favorite month.  The days are getting longer, the sun is out a lot, and there is usually still snow on the ground.  This means that I can go cross country skiing a few times during February.  I was not able to ski two years ago when I broke my wrist, and last year didn't work out well.  But this year, February has been so gorgeous that I've had to go to the south side of the Girdled Road metroparks to ski.  There is usually a track set, even though people and dogs walk through it.  There are not very many people in the woods on these cold, snowy days and it is absolutely beautiful with the sun shining.

It's true that the older I get, the less fast I am able to go (and less steady, too), but that doesn't seem to matter.  I do believe the hills get bigger and steeper the older I get; but I still love the feeling, however slow, of effortlessly (almost) gliding through the woods.  Thank you, Ginny.