Gather Celestial Energy... by emmteeyess

...New Year, new word.

I think that's a new word to me - Niveous - resembling snow, esp in colour.

We were away in Northumberland over the New Year, at my cousin's. Check out the details on my running blog, thru the link in the overview.

Me and Mrs.MTS had a wonderful walk on New Year's Day thru the snow. Sometimes there was bright blue sky and a crisp feel to the air, then it was a snow storm and a complete white out, then back again.

We did just have to do a set of the form tho - just to say we had - on the 1st, by the river, in the snow. Thing was, a) we were so well wrapped up that we couldn't do all the arm movements properly, b) the ground was so uneven under the snow, and we couldn't tell, so we kept loosing our poise (if not our balance) and c) the snow was coming down at the time so we were turning into snow men (or snow people).

At one point a couple walked past and Mrs.MTS felt obliged to explain 'T'ai Chi in the snow'. They replied that it 'looks very nice', but the tone of their voices suggested that they thought we'd escaped from some institution, or that the cold had penetrated our brains, or both.

So, even if we didn't get much benefit from the T'ai Chi itself, we did benefit from being able to say we'd done it.

Since getting back we've had a week where Mrs.MTS has had to cancel all the classes because of the snowy conditions. The Durham College venue was closed, one had an inaccessible road and car park, and it wasn't worth risking people's safety (and ours) to open the others. Hopefully things will improve by next week, tho the prospect still looks bleak at the moment.

At least we're practicing. Mrs.MTS is doing hers at home and I'm doing mine in my break, on late shift, at work.

Let's hope my next posting is soon, and in warmer weather.

Cheers, MTS

Came across this T shirt slogan - 'Know Your Cranes' - always good advice...