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TG's last day with us:

Brown butter blueberry muffin
Genesis
Jasmine tea and haystacks
HD
Yoga 
Pizza
Salmon salad
Hillside Gamay Noir
Chocolate and peanutbutter
Cherries and dark chocolate
The Gleneagles loop
Community

 

Renovation hike

We are looking at our surroundings in a whole new light and it took almost losing (selling) our home to make us realize how much we love this house. I just finished hanging all the pictures back up. The downstairs bedroom is going to be my craft room. And the bathroom is going to be revamped with a new vanity and new lights. The small bedroom upstairs will get a new bed and be our guest room.
Again, this is going to mean a lot of packing and moving of stuff so to get mentally  and physically prepared, we did another hike up to the radio tower. I think we're ready.

Apple pie hike

These little ones keep us busy; the bird feeder is another chore to add to our list but we get so much pleasure from watching our feathered friends that no one minds having to shovel a path to get to the bird feeder.

An apple pie for my favourite someone.

With so much eating going on a hike was in order so we bundled up and hiked up to the radio tower. It was late, the sun was just going down, so it was a hard climb in the snow. But what a great feeling when we get to the top and take a breather to enjoy the view.

Travel Journal part three

Travel Journal part two

It is freezing cold, the wind throwing ice crystals against your eyeballs, and the snow is up to your earlobes but we still take time to appreciate the snow sculptures around us.

So when it's that cold  the only thing to do is make up a batch of fried bread.

And throw back a scalding hot double sugar espresso!

Travel journal part one

It's a long trip; the road was icy and the cold wind whipped the snow into a mini blizzard. We were packed into the covered wagon like sardines - always glad when the flap blew open to let in some fresh air.

Day one was lasagna day. We made fresh noodles and meatball sauce, baked with lots of mozza and served with a very spicy jalapeno. 

Christmas treats

We thought that a twenty pound turkey would be a problem (I ordered a 7 kg bird but they came in a little bigger) but it turns out that four people can polish off a quarter of that and then have enough leftovers for lunches and all sorts of other meals such as midnight nibbling.

It would not be Christmas without chestnuts, especially Italian chestnuts. Thanks to TG, we all got to enjoy this holiday must-have.

Normally, Christmas breakfast is a meal rich with eggs, cheese, and whipping cream. This year I tried a new bread - Apple Oatmeal - which is so good that I think it is going to become a tradition. This loaf is full of unpeeled apples, oatmeal, and walnuts. The recipe is from the 1983 issue of Family Circle.