February
January was difficult. I had a sinus infection and my kids kept getting fevers. We were home for most of it. I understand that by February most people are over winter but I love it. I feel like I can appreciate winter more when I know it is ending soon and I love when I can still ski but the days are not so short.
Sometimes I like to lean into the melancholy of winter in February with what I call happy/sad February movies. These include Groundhog Day, , Lars and the Real Girl and A Man Called Ove. Except for Groundhog Day my husband usually finds happy/sad February movies to be too sad so I usually watch them alone with brownies. As an enneagram 5 I am always drawn to movies about people who isolate themselves and then learn not to, which I realize may not be everyone’s thing (like my enneagram 7 husband). Other favorites for me are About A Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and The Royal Tenenbaums .
So I might watch a happy/sad movie. And I might go skiing. I will definitely paint some more snow and I am going to enjoy February.
Also I might paint another still life. I had fun painting this one.