Christmas, already?

Both of us are shaking our heads at how fast time has gone this year. Christmas will be over before we know it.
I'm learning how much i need to have balance between work and play- it gives me so much more energy and life to get into the next round when i do things that i really love in between times. Not just relaxing but doing stuff i really love to do. I find that this is often even the most simple things - like quietly enjoying a sunset and resting in the breeze is so refreshing and invigorating. I've always been most at home in nature, i guess its just that i'm learning about being proactive about having that balance.
And yay our roses have started blooming!

I have just finished reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, who dedicated the book to his friend JR Tolkien- i did some background reading and found that they both worked at Oxford Uni and used to share each others unpublished works, and JR Tolkien was a major influence on Lewis' choice to pursue Christianity.
The Screwtape Letters were excellent. The insight into human behaviour left me squirming sometimes, and i loved the humour, so clever! I would love to have had even just an hour with Lewis to pick his brains about it. Awesome.