Winter in Košutići
Most of our guests and friends have in mind the image of Istria and Košutići from the summer months. Hot, high sun, blue sky, greenery, or the grass in the meadows browned from drought. Swimming in the pool, sunbathing, or escaping to the shade from the too strong sun.
There is also that other image of Istria…
A few days ago we were returning to Košutići after spending the Christmas and New Year holidays with our children and grandchildren. It was a wonderful time full of laughter, joy at seeing each other and happiness at being together.
The road was… well, let’s say quite snowy. Snow by the road, snow on the road, a snowstorm, a strong bora.
All of that was slowly behind us as we neared the end of the road.
Suddenly we realized that the snow around us was getting thicker, and that it was everywhere around us. The branches were bent under the weight of the wet snow. A rare sight that we ourselves had only seen a few times in the last twenty-five years in Košutići.
Our olive trees looked strange to us under the weight of the snow. The poor things looked
more like sad willows than the cheerful trees that we so enjoy talking to all year round.
Our yard didn’t look any more ‘summery’, if that word can be used for January.
We believe that few of our guests ever imagined that the village where they enjoy their summer could look like this.
However, not everything is so terrible. The next morning we were greeted by much brighter pictures. The sun came out, we could see small birds, most of which had come to us to spend the winter, escaping the winter in the north.
And the deer, which normally stay away from people and villages, came closer to the houses to find something to eat. It seems they found something they liked under our olive trees.
And everything seems warmer again. Summer isn’t that far away.