4. Cemeteries are lovely, peaceful places in the winter. A stroll through one is a great way to pass a sunny afternoon. Read some of the very old gravestones and imagine the long-ago lives of the dead. Or just chase the squirrels in the land of the living.
5. Sometimes, the best winter destination is just outside your front door. Bundle up after a snowy night and hit the snow-blanketed ground for some artistic fun. Make snow angels before the surface gets mashed up with foot prints, then load up beach pails with mounds of the hard-packed white stuff. Decorate your "snow castles" with twigs and stones. Or make water-colour creations on your front lawn with spray bottles filled with food-colouring-tinted water.
6. What better than a winter's day to explore the limit of your community's public-transportation system? Take your subway, bus or commuter train as far as it will go (within reason!) and then indulge in a special treat at your final destination (like lunch at a faraway restaurant, or a movie in an out-of-the-way theatre). Then turn around and make your way home again.
7. There's something magical about a beach in the wintertime. If it's not too far a drive (or even if it is, for the more intrepid souls), visit the scene of your summer idylls. Take the dog, and chase him down the long empty stretches of sand. Duck into one of your holiday haunts for a bite to eat, and head out for some cross-country skiing, if you can.
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