Snow Status

We’ve had a week of melting with some gray skies, some slushy-snow-rain squalls and today beautiful sunshine and blue sky!

A perfect day for a parlay in the snow…

… or a walk!

We’ve been having fun being out despite the occasional challenges of ice and slush. It is supposed to get colder with more snow on the way. I will be happy to have a few fresh inches … hopefully not a major amount again – just enough to freshen up our paths and cover the icy spots. That is the order I put in … we’ll see what we get!

Love Day

Although, we don’t need a holiday to celebrate love in this house, in can be fun if we celebrate outside the gooey sentimentality…

But, this year, we will stick with at least gooey in the form of a raspberry-chocolate-brioche pastry!

As a magician reveals his tricks … 2 layers of brioche dough rolled flat with chocolate chips and raspberry cream in the middle.

Sweet, gooey and good. Maybe it will keep me sweet all day ???

Auggie says: “Doubtful”.

Happy Valentines Day – may your day and every day be filled with love and joy.

The full moon playing among the clouds

A full Winter moon shining on snow covered ground at night is like the poem says “a luster of midday to objects below”. I love walking in the woods at night with moon on the snow.

Last Friday night, the full moon added to the fun by playing among the clouds.

Friday!!!

It has been a crazy week: snow and work-wise.

But, this morning dawned with a sky that boded sunshine.

Look at those bits of blue!

I stood, folding kitchen towels, and watched…

…sunrise in my woods.

But it was warm and dripping and Auggie took refuge on the woodpile!

Auggie.

Later, inside.

Sunshine on the rosemary plant.

The over-wintering rosemary plant.

I hate to even say anything about the rosemary…

Friday!!!

Another round of Winter: Part 2

I woke up about 2:00 a.m. and looked out to see how much new snow.

Nothing! But, it was cold and not raining.

When I got up at 5:30 a.m., it was snowing lightly and looked like it had just started with maybe an inch of new.

Morning treat time after breakfast: not snowing and maybe 2 inches of snow.

It did that a couple of times.

Obviously, it was doing more other places in the valley!

At lunchtime, it was calm and we all went outside.

Fun, fun, fun!

I think the total snowfall at my house ended up just a bit over 3 inches.

Later that afternoon…

… the cat saw his shadow.

Sunshine and blue sky!

Much as I love snow, I was glad we didn’t get the 15-30 inches forecast at my house!

On with February and the continuation of Winter 2016-17!