snow day...

We finally got some of the white stuff!

 



 

I live atop a steep hill

so

when it snows...

I get a snow day!

Oh snow, you still make my heart happy.

This morning when I pulled back my curtain I made a little gasp.

Snow!



 

All the Christmas paraphernalia was carefully & snuggly tucked away the past couple days.

Do you ever feel like you can breathe again after you take down your Christmas décor?
(After the dust has settled, of course. ^_~)

Don't get me wrong.

I love Christmas.

It is my very favorite time of the year.

I thoroughly enjoy hauling out the bulbs & baubles each year.

And yet there is something so refreshing...calming...

about tucking it all safely away for another 11 months or so.

 

***

 

We had to miss Church this morning -

the only downside of this lovely snow day.

We all loaded up in the car & headed down our driveway.

When we reached the end we took one look at the road down the hill...

then turned around.

 

***

 

So...

I decided to make a nice lunch with whatever I could find in the freezer.

I came across a couple beef soup bones.

Perfect!

I'll make some soup.

Dad suggested some lentils we had languishing in the pantry.

Again, perfect!

It turned out rather well (though I say it myself!)

I have some little pots of herbs on the windowsill that I bought to die a slow & painful death here.

They're tough little things & have made it this long alive.

So, I used some lovely fresh rosemary in the soup as well.

(If anyone is interested I can give you my full recipe. Just ask!)

And what is hot soup without fresh bread, I ask you?

I didn't have enough time to make my usual bread recipe

so I searched Pinterest for a quicker yeast bread.

I hit Pinterest gold!

 

 

The recipe made two of these lovely loaves in about an hour!

And let me tell you - it. was. good.

You can find that recipe here: Simple One Hour Bread.

 

***

And,

what else does one do on a snow day but take pictures of one's new decorating sans Christmas stuff?

I gave my new record player a place of honor on my bookshelf.

 



I bought all of She & Him's albums on vinyl with Christmas moo-lah.

I put Volume 3 on display because I love the colors.

I had plenty of pastel colored whosits & whatsits to make a little vignette.



 

 Note the adorable Beatrix Potter fabric a friend of mine gave me for Christmas!

(Thanks Gussi!)

The cute little mushrooms were a birthday gift from sister Beth

& the restaurantware tea cup an Etc. Shop find.

(50 cents - WHAT?!?)

 

 

Well there's not much to do now but sit with a cuppa, have a piece of shortbread (or two),

and browse my new favorite seed catalog.

Can you tell I had a *little* bit too much fun editing these pics on Picmonkey?

Have a lovely day!