Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Dark cool mornings

Even in the throes of our wettest winters, which can send California transplants hurrying back to their native landscapes, there are elements of cold gray weather to be appreciated. I'm not one to savor being awakened by loudly cheerful birds and glaring sunlight, so those dim rainy hours after dawn suit me nicely these days. Time to pull up out of dreaming gradually, with snoozing, lightly snoring cats sprawled about the bed; time to read a page or so, in order to wipe away any webbed nightmares. We've had a small taste of spring, so these dimmer days are a sweet contrast. Nothing can compare to the year we had 99 consecutive days of rain, and outdoor recesses at the school where I was teaching went ahead without delay. Three months and more of shivering on recess duty, November to March, watching kids joyfully soak themselves; the alternative was the madness of endless indoor recesses. So, I relish these quiet cool awakenings.
And we often have a payoff later in the day. It's creeping into the 60's at about 3:00, and I ran in a sleeveless top.
Beloved spouse came home, wanted a walk, so we headed out to try an Italian place we'd seen up on Phinney Ridge. It happened to be half price on bottles of wine on Tuesday nights, so we ordered some ravioli and gnocchi and had a swell repast. Lovely cool clear night for ambling around.

6 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Half price bottles - great deal. Have you had a Mouvedre as of late? I just found them out this past month and purchased one by Cline that was astonishingly different than the usaul suspects poured at most locations.

3:53 PM  
Blogger isabelita said...

Probably, although when I googled mourvedre, I didn't see anything real familiar, other than Cline. Looks like they produce a bunch of them in Australia.
A friend of mind is very fond of Malbecs, which can come from South America or around here.

5:43 PM  
Blogger Neil Shakespeare said...

Sounds great! Dreary and romantic! We've had wind blowing 40 mph steadily for three days as the temps warm from the south. Howling is not quite as inducive to sleep as still fog and drizzle.

6:34 PM  
Blogger isabelita said...

No, the howling is not so good for the sleeping...it breeds tiny monsters in the brain...

8:37 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Malbecs are awesome - particularly from Argentina. Order yourself one of the Cline Mouvedre's 2004 small fruit variety was the one we opened the other day. It's good now, will be even better later. It's worth a sip or two if you enjoy big bold Malbec.

9:08 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

OH, and Neil, some of us have fatastic dreams when the wind howls all night. But those of us would rather be on the water than in bed. Too bad night time interrupts good windsurfing. Alas, it is good to be able to see what's both on the water and in it when windsurfing.

Blog on all.

9:09 AM  

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