It has been so dreary here this week. Tuesday and Wednesday both were cloudy and windy, no rain just low slung, fast moving clouds. One day of this sort of weather is fine. We can pretend we're in England on the wind swept moors, but two days of it and we're comatose on the settee, moaning for the sun!

As an aside, would you believe my dh bought full spectrum lights for me when we lived in a certain "Misery" state? I suppose that is what is needed when one grows up under those blue, blue Colorado skies. His other solution was to move me south and ever further south!

My solution last night was to root through the Christmas tub that was still in the cockpit and pull out an unused strand of lights. They are icicle, a mix of mostly white with a few colors scattered randomly around. Twisted up over the companionway the cockpit became bright and cheery. We ate our grilled chicken breasts with mushrooms and melty blue cheese while playing Yahtzee last night and retired to bed in a much brighter mood!