Spring warmth delayed — that is exactly how this season feels right now. It feels as if summer never truly arrived this year.
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When Spring Warmth Delayed Turns Into Endless Rain
Not even spring has really shown itself properly here at home, and I notice how much I long for warmth now. Real warmth. The kind that makes you want to walk barefoot, repot tomatoes and cucumbers, and simply spend time outside working in the garden.
I also need to sort out those little white stones still lying around waiting for me. You know those tiny projects that are not really big things, yet somehow stay in the back of your mind until they are finally done.
And the small tan I actually managed to get?
Almost gone now after all the rain and grey weather.
It truly feels like the spring warmth is taking its time this year, and my whole body longs for sunshine and warmth.
At the same time, there has been a bit of sickness in the house. One of our youngsters has been ill all weekend, and I myself have had fever on and off. I honestly think it is my stomach causing it, making my body feel warm and unsettled. It has been acting up more than usual lately, and it really affects energy, mood and everyday life itself.
When the body does not feel quite right, there are many hours on the couch and many movies being watched. I think I have gone through more films these past few days than I have in a long time.
Swimming has also been put on hold for now.
I miss the lake and the feeling of moving through the water, but it is not especially pleasant to swim when the body feels feverish and heavy.
When spring warmth is delayed for this long, both energy and mood are affected.
When the stomach says no
Because of my stomach, I have almost completely stopped eating red meat for a while.
Instead, I mostly eat fish and chicken. Maybe a little boring sometimes, but if it helps calm my stomach then it is worth it.
I still try to keep some variation in my meals, and I think I have eaten fish for over three weeks now, with chicken in between. It will be nice when my stomach finally settles down because it affects everyday life more than people sometimes realize.
The strange thing is that there is actually one small thing that has improved in all of this. When my body does not feel completely okay, I sleep more deeply and wake up less during the night. Almost as if the body itself is quietly trying to repair something.
When the spring warmth lingers away and the rain takes over
It has rained so much here lately that we now have puddles in the lawn. The rain barrel is completely full, and the plants inside the greenhouse still do not need watering because it almost flooded in there last week. The soil still feels wet.
Strange really, how first we long for rain and then long for it to stop.
And rain there certainly has been this weekend — both of these containers were completely empty before the rain came.
To Värmland – but still nearby
This weekend we are heading to Värmland with the camper.
One of our youngsters is going on a school trip, and we will stay nearby just in case we are needed. Most likely we will not be, but sometimes it feels comforting simply being close.
Maybe that is also part of being an adult.
You stand a little farther away than when the children were small — but you are still there quietly in the background if something happens.
And maybe the warmth will return by then.
At least I hope so.
When the spring warmth stays away for this long, I really notice how both mood and energy are affected.
Spring warmth delayed has made me long even more for swimming, gardening and sunny evenings again.
Reflection – when the spring warmth lingers away 🌿
Sometimes you notice just how connected weather, body and energy really are. When the sun disappears and the body struggles, even thoughts feel heavier somehow. Yet somewhere inside there is still longing left. Longing for swimming, soil beneath the nails, warmth against the skin and ordinary days that feel a little lighter again.
Between the lines – when the spring warmth lingers away 🌿
Sometimes it feels as if both the body and life itself pull the handbrake at the same time.
The rain arrives, the stomach starts acting up, the energy disappears and the things that usually bring joy — swimming, gardening, warmth — are suddenly put on pause.
But between the lines, perhaps this is also about something else.
About trying to listen to the body instead of running away from it. About adjusting food, resting more and accepting that some days need to move slower than we planned.
I think many of us function like that.
We keep going until the body itself decides enough is enough, and only then do we realize how tired we actually were.
And in the middle of all that, life is still there.
Tomato plants waiting for bigger pots, a camping trip to Värmland, movies on the couch, rainwater gathering in the grass and a longing for sunlight against the skin again.
Maybe that is what hope sometimes is.
Not huge changes — but the willingness to still long for the small ordinary things. 🌿
A question for you reading 🌿
How do long periods of rain and grey weather affect you?
Does your body grow more tired too, or do you also notice your mood and energy changing when the sun stays away too long?
And are you good at listening when your body says no — or do you also tend to push yourself a little too far?
Read more also:
🍃 The Red Circle – when the body goes into alarm
🌧️ Good Morning from the Rain – and Greece
🛋️ Good Morning from the Couch – about cats, exhaustion and collapsing for a while
📚 Wednesday Library – relationships, emotional friction and what is felt between the lines
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