A Little More Snow

We got a fluffy inch today. On top of what we have it's starting to pile up.

For the first time in my life I was successful at making peanutbutter fudge. Usually I have to eat the fudge I make with a spoon.

As most of you know I lost my sister in law this fall. This was her mother's recipe and she made it every Christmas.  So I decided to give it a try. Success!

This is a santa I made quite a few years ago. I just put some mini snowshoes in his pack this year. 

And a few of my vintage santas. 

And last but not least I made some gingerbread men. I made them from the molasses cookies recipe I found this year.

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For some reason your comments are not going to my email. I will work on fixing that. I am sorry for not getting back to you, I did read every comment and thank you as always for your visit and comments. 

Have a wonderful week.

More Snow

Snow again yesterday about 5 inches. I have shoveled and snow raked our porch roof. I think I can skip exercise class today. The winter seems long already.

After my shoveling I came in for coffee and a cranberry orange bread. This is the best recipe I have found you taste the cranberries it is not over whelmed with sugar. 

More Christmas decorations.

He sits on the sofa with me.

I finished up more of my Christmas cards yesterday.

I also started taking an elderberry tincture a local woman makes to help boost my immune system. Tis the season for viruses.

I made this lamp shade out of old Christmas cards many years ago.

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We are off to my grands band concert tonight.

   Have a wonderful week.

Pie!

There is something about a quiet house. The only sound you hear is the coffee perking. 

The moon was still casting shadows when the sun started above the horizon. 

I had time to read a bit and have a coffee while the sun rose. 

We went to a festival of trees. It is a fund raiser for 

scholarships for the college. I put plenty of tickets in a few of the trees and fingers crossed I will win one of them. 

This tree a little boy was so excited about this tree and told me all about it. If I could of purchased this tree I would of to give to him. He was so sweet and excited. I do hope he wins it. 

Cookies are baked and dropped off at where they needed to be. I hope everyone enjoyed them on the cookie walks. I decided to make a mincemeat pie. 

My family was very English, and I had all the English goodies for the holidays. I married into a French-Canadian family. I learned all of their pies and goodies. My husband never much cared for mincemeat or a good fruit cake so over the 50 years I didn't get them much. This is the year! The pie turned out so yummy I have frozen 3/4th of it or I would eat the whole pie!

This is the stocking I just got last week. The mantle has my tree topper collection. 

Feather tree with all of my small ornaments. 

One of my handmade Santas. 

The house is dry from the woodstove. So, I made a simmer pot of all wonderful smelling things, put it in a pot filled with water and let it simmer all day.

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Today is Pearl Harbor Day. It is time for remembrances. 

 Back into the deep freeze starting tomorrow.

This weather is early it is usually in Jan or Feb. 

So I think it will be a long one. 

Have a great week!

Caution Long Winter Ahead

A very cold full moon. We are 14 F and falling with a very brisk wind.

I have been very busy baking for two cookie walks this weekend.

Believe it or not I rescued this roses still going after all this cold weather!

Still no replacement coffee pot so I dug out out our old percolator,good coffee!

I got some goodies at the thrift store in our senior center. A beautiful boiled wool hat! I have been looking for one.

I got 8 cake plates and bowls at our dump free store. Made in England I love the design.

My little cupboard with the wooden hinges, filled with vintage santas and reindeer.

Some of my favorites..

HO ho ho!

We live in the woods,no street lights. This is the moon lighting up our yard. The birch glow in this light.

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We are tucked in all warm and cozy. We are very thankful that the oil man braved our steep snowy driveway today. We are all set for awhile now. Plus we have the wood stove going. 

      Have a wonderful weekend!

And It Begins

Thanksgiving was delicious and lovely.

Lovely views of the lake.

Then Sat we went to a craft fair on the Same property. They just built a beautiful barn for events. 

Husband and I sampled the free wine and food and picked up a few Christmas gifts. 

It was very cold and windy not a bad place to hang out for a bit. 

Today we are getting a little snow a preview to what is coming in on Tue.

The house is decorated. 

I will be making cookies the next few days for a couple of cookie walks. 

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I hope your Thanksgiving was a good one. Have a wonderful week!

Last Of The Rugs

I need to get a coffee first. Husband broke our coffee pot. So, we are doing Keurig not my favorite. But it is coffee until the replacement comes. 

The color in this rug is perfect for this pattern. 

I like the braiding around this rug. 

I love these kinds of rugs, but I will never do one. 

My teacher Joanne Page hooked this one and it is her pattern. 

and Joanne is working on this rug also. 

These are Davey DeGraf rugs. She is one of those amazing green mountain rug hookers. I really want to take a class with her. It is not fine shaded, and it is with a #6 cut to get that look. It really looks like a watercolor. We had a chance to chat with her she is very sweet and talented. 

Husband made a turkey for our sign. It needs to be painted but that will happen after Thanksgiving. 

I put up some Christmas decorations. 

I keep a dish of ornament hangers. They are a tangled mess I just shake the ball and out comes a few I can use, husband just shakes his head. 

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We have been cold and overcast most of the week.

I went to a church fair with a friend I spent 2.00 on two books that is it. 

Have a great week!!!