When I travel around the world and visit new places I always notice the nature in the country I am. Some countries have mountains others are “flat” and again others have rivers and a lot of water integrated in the city mashaAllah.

But I always come to the conclusion that home is the best mashaAllah. I like to travel and to experience foreign cultures and to enrich my view and to meet other people but I am always happy to get back home.

We have the pleasure of experiencing all four seasons where I live mashaAllah and I thank Allah subhanahuwa ta’ala every day when I take a look outside.

Because of the climate changes we’ve had very mild winters and my memories of winters with a lot of snow are all from my early childhood. Likewise summer is now even more hot than it used to be. Alhamdulilah ala kulli hal – I thank Allah for whatever we are blessed with.

This winter however is so different from other winters mashaAllah. We’ve had a lot of snow and some days we couldn’t even go outside and schools have been closed. And the kids love it mashaAllah. I think it is so beautiful when you wake up one morning and the landscape is all white mashaAllah. It might be –12 C (10 F) but it doesn’t feel like it at all Alhamdulilah. It is so cosy and comfortable. I love the sound of walking on snow – it creates such a crunchy sound and it leaves perfect footprints where you stepped mashaAllah.

Likewise you can watch the birds on their look for food and they hop around in the snow and leave such small prints mashaAllah.

When people tell me that they hate winter and snow and it is only creating a mess I wonder how they cannot appreciate it for just the time being. If we had it all year around I think it would be a different story but the fact is that Allah has given us the chance to witness his creations over and over again. When the trees get fresh green leaves at spring time and flowers blossom in summer and when autumn comes the setting is so different with a lot of different colors mashaAllah and then winter which leaves such a nice cotton-quilt.

Alhamdulilah I just love and appreciate the four seasons mashaAllah and I hope that you too will have the chance to witness the different settings.

Note: ‘MashaAllah’ means “What Allah wills” and is something Muslims say when seeing something they like.