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!



happy heart day!

Don't you just love vintage valentines?

 

 Well, it's snowing on this lovely St. Valentine's Day...

So, all of our Valentine's Day plans may be canceled.

We were supposed to have a party with the sisters & the kiddos at lunch time.

This evening Aims & I  were going to watch the kiddos so all the parents could go out to eat.

 

 

 Looks like we may be snowed in. Again.

Believe it or not I actually love winter.

It's sweater time. Which I love.

But this winter is starting to wear on me.

(Please pardon the lack of makeup in the photo. I always wait to put on makeup 'til I'm done with my outdoor chores {or chorses as W used to say when he was little}, cuz if I put it on before I look like a televangelist when I come back in from the cold!) ;)

 

Ah well, I've plenty to do at home today, so it's a blessing in a cold, white disguise.

(Finish Aims b-day gift, work on an embroidery order, sew buttons on & press my new fair isle sweater, etc.)

^_^

"We love, because He first loved us."

1 John 4:19