Spring Time

I love the Spring but I feel terrible because every Spring, I feel like I'm not doing enough. However, I have been trying to work on that more recently in my own weird ways. With the pandemic, it's a bit harder for me to go to some places but I try to make the most of it where I can. 

1. Walks

I've always enjoyed taking walks around the park and hearing the birds sing so this year I have been trying to do that more. It's just, sometimes I forget how warm it gets in April (as in, today's high is 90ºF... are you actually kidding me). It's not that I hate the heat because I actually don't it just gets annoying to walk in but once you find that one perfect tree to sit under and relax... it's totally worth it. 

2. Picnics without the picnic

I don't really like picnics because I always end up getting ants in my sweets but I love to sit in the grass. It's fun to take a light book, something comfortable to sit on, and light snacks. I like to take with me fruits and on my lucky days, dark chocolate. You can never go wrong with dark chocolate. Also, make sure to wear lightweight clothes and not winter-ish ones. This happens to me almost every spring when I forget to pack away my seasonal clothes because quite surprisingly, it gets pretty cold here.

3. Baking

Okay so I usually like to reserve my baking for winter and summer, mostly because I'm really busy this time of year, but baking in spring hit different. You don't have to make anything grand and special but something light and sweet always sounds so agreeable in this weather. A couple days ago I baked two banana bread loaves with cranberries and walnuts, and my goodness it was amazing (Alhamdulillah)! I have a lot of things I want to bake this season but I'll save that for another post once I try it out. 

4. Reading

I feel like this is illegal to say as an avid reader but I experience severe reading slumps during some times of the year - and for no particular reason, too! I don't really get it that bad in April but in May it's just... disgusting. I've been really into classics and I'm getting started with Arabic literature and poetry so hopefully, that will keep my spirits high and deter my slump. 

5. Getting into crafts

Like with reading, I also experience ~ creative slumps ~ with crafts such as crochet. I love to crochet but it takes me the longest time to finish a project. Not because they're complicated and take too long, but because I get bored with it and end up starting a new one. As of now, I have four projects that I work on whenever I remember them: a cardigan, a pair of socks for my father (which were supposed to be done in January, lol), a pair of socks for myself (they're pretty much done I just have to weave in the ends and sew together the heel) and then a granny square purse.

These are just some things I like to do during the springtime. I hope this may have been of some use to you! 

The American Bookslayer (Asma) xx