Snow Day:Inspiration:Cooking

• We woke to a small amount of snow with the forecast calling for it to continue throughout the day.  School was canceled.

• In the late morning Chance grabbed his new ice-skates and met some buddies at the park.

• Alix and her friend tried all afternoon to persuade the parents that the roads were OK to drive on so they could get together.  Although it doesn't happen often we did not relent.  They had to get by texting, talking, and skyping.  

• I spent some time looking at bits and pieces of inspiration like this New Year's Manifesto from Creating Clever, and this micro-journaling idea from 280daily that I am going to share with Alix, oh and these beautiful pebble drawings from MagaMerlina.

• I made a loaf of sandwich bread, a loaf of artisan bread, and a pot of Wild Rice and Leek Soup. We ate all the soup and artisan bread.  So much for having left-overs.

• The snow only amount to a little less the 4".  But looking at white is so much better than looking at brown.

Winter Has Arrived

We woke to the snow falling and blowing.  School called a Snow Day.  By the end of the day we had 18"+.  The first whopper of the season.  Alix spent the afternoon digging out a snow fort while trying to ignore her annoying brother.  Neko was in and out too many times to count.  He'd come in long enough to thaw out all the snow-clumps he'd accumulate between his toes and in his long hair.  He was in his element.  I spent hours shoveling, and shoveling, and shoveling with a bit of cupcake baking thrown in.

Feed Them and They Will Come

:: The feeders belonged to my Grandfather.  Since putting them in our backyard the finches are  here constantly.  I do not grow tired of watching their comings and goings. How they swoop down from the trees and balance waiting for their turn on a perch. My mom thinks my Grandfather has sent these feathered diners.  I like to think so too.
 

Lunch