winter interiors

i pretty much hate winter.  it's cold, wet and the days are too damned short.  i thrive on long summer days and lots of sunshine.  at some point i break down and try to come to terms with the seasonal changes.  the cooler temperatures, did i mention i hate being cold, force me to put heavier curtains which block the light but soon enough that won't make any difference because there won't anything but short days and it'll be dark when i leave for work and dark when i get home.  but i digress.  so if i have to be trapped inside more during the winter months, my surroundings need to be comforting.  my living room drapery is a beautiful cranberry with emboirdered dragonflies.  what light there is, when it filters throught the drapery it cast a warm beautiful color into the room.  when the drapery is completely closed, it covers one whole wall and makes the room feel like a cocoon.  my bedroom is basically the same.  the heavier winter curtains are a much heavy color, brown with steel blue accents, and when closed create the wonderful cocoon feel.  i find this to be settling on cold, wet mornings like this one.  i am left alone on sunday mornings, my fiance works a second job at this time.  i lived alone a long time and i've come to utitize this alone time in different ways.  with lots more ideas.  my goal is generally to be domestic.  it's when i do the laundry, at my whole pace, in my jammies, with the little dogs following me around.  i like to think it's because i'm a wonderfull doggie mom but i'm pretty sure it's because there might be some kind of doggie snack coming.  ok, that may be true.  they've trained me well.  but today, since i'm doing so well at coming to terms with today's weather, oh stop laughing, i'm going to change more of the decorative accents in the house.  i have a bag of beautiful fall color silk leaves and some pinecones to scatter along bookshelves, etc to add more color to the rooms.  i can walk out in my front yard to get cute acorn clusters.  it looks very nice and brightens my day.  christmas decor is coming soon enough, there is no reason not to add some extra color now as the daylight wans and moods become gloomy.  i've met alot of people who think it's kinda crazy to have multiple set of drapery, different pillows, and a collection of decorative accents, and generally they're not happy with their surroundings, or, i find hard to believe, they just aren't interested at all.  but i do and i highly suggest to anyone that stands still long enough for me to share that information.  i'd love to hear your comments and always have info i'll share.