A few years ago, I wrote THESE FEW THOUGHTS on a cheery February day in Seattle.

A few days ago we had that same kind of first hopeful, cheerful February day here in Porto. The difference being, that that one hopeful day has been followed by a string of even more hopeful, more sunny days – which wasn’t usually the case in Seattle. I’m so very happy to be soaking these days in here.

Helder texted me midday from his office, “It’s an amazing day, what time will you be done with your work?”

Me “I have a break between things from 5-7PM…”

And so, as soon as he arrived home from work, we made our way down to the river as quickly as we could so that we could catch the sunset.

We were still bundled in our jackets, but the air had a new warmth to it – that kind of warmth that makes you happy. We walked and laughed and sang an impromptu duet of “All you need is love.” Ha!

This was just a week or so ago and to my delight since then I’ve noticed that warmth present for atleast some time almost every day. We’ve felt inspired to get ourselves near to the water around sunset time and to our credit have been doing a fairly good job of it.

Ahhhh, these February days are so good.