Greetings and salutations! Today is a new day and a new year. In my mind, it represents a much needed clean slate and start of a new season in more ways than I can count.
I spent yesterday on a 6.5 mile hike. It was a bit gloomy but not cold and the landscape sparse with fawn colored leaves clinging to trees here and there. The lake was an unusual shade of dark teal and the sky a moody gray. There is beauty to be found in the simplicity of days like this even if you prefer sunshine and blue skies.
It was the ideal end to the year and exactly what I needed. Fresh air and exercise are good for the body, mind and soul. Then I came home to enjoy a quiet evening with Scout before an early bedtime with a book.
Who needs Times Square when you have these riches?
I plan to spend most of this day curled up with a book and with my cat before another early bedtime. I return to work tomorrow and need to be rested and mentally prepared.
L.M. Montgomery’s most popular character Anne Shirley of Green Gables famously said that “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.”
What a wonderful philosophy for this start of 2024!
Wherever you are in this world today, I wish you a new year of peace, good health and prosperity. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you as well. And what better way to close out 2023 than by going for a hike. Cheers, Linda.
It was wonderful!
Happy New Year to you, too! What better way to start the new year than to be refreshed, relaxed and rested! 6.5 miles is a great hike! I love the quote, and it reminds me of something I heard once while watching the Superbowl. (though I am not a big football fan) Here’s the quote: Tomorrow we are all undefeated. I hope this new season, 2024, brings all your heart desires!
Oh, that’s a good quote as well! I don’t like sports at all but that’s a great philosophy. It was a good home and exactly how I wanted to close out my year. Here’s to a great 2024 for us all!
This makes my heart smile – “L.M. Montgomery’s most popular character Anne Shirley of Green Gables famously said that “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.” What a wonderful philosophy for this start of 2024!”
Anne was wise beyond her years.
The hike sounds wonderful (and long!). I love Anne. Did you see the Netflix series, “Anne with an E”? So good. I pointed out recently in a talk that I think one thing nearly universal among humankind is the desire for tomorrow to be even better than today. Can’t we all get behind that idea?
We all can certainly get behind this idea! I had never really thought about it that way.
I actually don’t have Netflix so I didn’t know that even existed. Was it close to the book?
I think the characters are generally as in the book, but I only read the first book and the TV show went up to when Anne goes to college. It also delves into her past a lot.
That sounds interesting. Did you see the 1985 movie with Megan Follows? It was well made.
Nope! I actually read Anne of Green Gables fairly recently. It was one of those books that people mention so much that I had to be “in the know.”
Ok. You really must find the 1985 version as well as the sequel Anne of Avonlea. They were Canadian made and well done.
Happy new year! Xx