HYGGE

Hygge in Denmark is a way of life centered around coziness, comfortable ease and enjoying the simple things in life.

To better describe the meaning of hygge it would be coziness, lighting some candles, snuggle up on the coach with a thick throw, have a cup of tea or coffee, read a book, eat home baked goodies everything that makes you feel happy and relaxed with or without family and friends. It's about enjoying the simple things in life and creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things with good people.

Hygge is also just calling your friends or family and ask if they would make coffee and you would bring cake and just have a cozy afternoon with them.

In Denmark we had a nice backyard with many different berry bushes and I remember during some of the warm summer days when the berries were ripe and ready to be picked we would have family over help pick berries, make jam, juice of the berries and bake berry cakes. We would bring out the picknick blanket sit down on it have a glass of fresh juice and some snacks. The kids would run around in the yard and play ball, have water pistols and soak each other and sometimes the adults in water. Those wonderful memories of hygge with the family still keeps me warm and smiling.