The first frost of the season had returned all of a sudden as I saw in the morning when there were white layers on everything. Hopefully I wasn't too late on getting the reaper-x peppers to a spot closer to the heat before they die down in cold misery.
These kinds of autumn days are the ones which are actually nice because the landscape is already so diverse with trees starting to turn into tricolor, but also having the skeleton of some trees already in plain sight again.
I took the good old doggo for a decent spin outside.
As the splendid weekend had passed there was also a feeling of that stuff is going to shit again over the next couple of weeks. Bigger lockdowns, more riots, crypto was lagging. It all was feeling a bit not-moving-forward if you know what I mean.
Luckily this badboy furry friend of mine doesn't mind all of these things and is always willing to enjoy some outdoor time with yours truly.
The sun felt warm even though the temperature was just above zero degrees to not have to wear a hat or gloves of any sort. I need to get ready for the mandatory winter accesoires again, and I am really not there yet. Again, the dog is always wearing his coat, so he doesn't mind at all.
The lack of light in winter times is really not my best buddy, and the best way to counter this is truly just to head outside for a bit and just shut all sorts of communication off and really be aware of the sunlight which we are catching.
I guess I never plannend on being one of 'seize the moment' kind of people, but I guess at a certain age eventually you really start to act like one without even having to do an effort for it.
Sunlight is just my natural medicine against literally every form of having a bad mood.
I was surprised last year when this lake was covered with a thick layer of ice how the dog didn't mind taking a swim in it still and he was literally swimming between the ice chunks and looked fine with it. The Swiss blood of the dog goes deeper than you actually realize also when you see how bad he is with warm termperatures.
I saw a couple of people I know doing these icy dips conform the 'Wim Hof method' which apparently is such a boost for your immunity system and helps your focus on the mind thing that I had to think of this when I was watching the dog bathing in the icy cold water again. Almost everyone who does something with this is lyrical about it and this remains intruiging to find out yourself what it would be.
On the other hand..I just said that sunlight and walking is my natural medicine. Better stick to the warm approach of the autumn vibes, shall we?