Our snowy week
Christine January 21st, 2012
We woke up to about 14 + inches of snow after it stormed 30 hours; turning our street into a winter wonderland.
The snow clouds were still hanging around the mountains putting on their menacing, dark faces. It took big machines to clear the roads
and some roads haven’t been plowed yet. A friend of ours drove her four wheeler into town just to get out of her driveway since they had 20″ out of town.
School was cancelled, Matt got to stay home.
It’s is the type of day you want to meander to the corner to a friend’s shop, sit down and drink coffee.
Because outside it’s rather frightful! This shot below was taken through our front window at dusk last night.
I hope all of you are staying warm. Happy January!
When it’s cold out – play the ukulele!
Christine January 19th, 2012
This is our living room yesterday afternoon while I was tuning and preparing for our third annual beginner Ukulele class
for the adult education series. Every single ukulele was singing by 7 p.m. It was magical outside with over a foot of snow
yet everyone still showed up for class despite the weather. It turned out to be pretty magical inside too because by 7:30
everyone knew enough chords and we were making music. (Pics of our winter wonderland to come…)
Winter Sunset
Christine January 13th, 2012
I could not believe the color gradation of this particular evening’s sunset. I only managed to capture
the last of it. It moved so fast and I not so much! This is a view from our backyard with three branches embracing.
Other sky watchers at Sky Watch Friday.
Stuff in the oven….
Christine January 7th, 2012
A happiest of New Year to all of you. I have once again been a bit out of the blogging loop since Solstice.
This is not intentional, we have a few items in the oven right now. There’s always somethin!
Two doctors said they are pretty sure I tore my ACL skiing after Christmas so no more skiing for me for awhile…. but I’m up and walking and getting around and using the ice pack a lot. I probably will not opt for the surgery. At least not right away.
When I want to go skiing again I’ll have to wear a brace, but I can live with that. The surgery takes about a year’s recuperation. I don’t wanna’ do that.
This morning I found leftover pumpkin pie filling.
So I decided to make a different kind of pie – carrot and pumpkin pie with pecans. (Say that five times fast!) This is
a shot of it as it went into the oven unbaked. Since our son gave me a very hip apron for Christmas I decided I needed
to brush up on my baking since the Holidays. This pie is equal parts carrot and pumpkin using the standard custard
pumpkin pie recipe. Disclaimer: I did not use heavy cream today since Matt and I are counting calories. I used Evaporated milk
and left out the cardamon since I added the carrot puree. I always seem to use more cloves, allspice and ginger than most recipes call for too.
Le Pie just came out of the oven so we’ll allow it to cool and see how it tastes. Then we’ll share with family. Come on over for a piece!
Give me Sunshine
Christine December 21st, 2011
I wish you all a Happy Solstice a bit early with a little extra sunshine sure to come your way. I probably won’t get to this tomorrow.
We were treated to temps in the low 50’s over the weekend but now we have four inches of snow on the ground. Notice the contrast below!
After tonight the days will lengthen. So until then we simply have to bring each other sunshine with our smiles.
Pre-Christmas Ukuleles
Christine December 18th, 2011
Matthew and a friend are building ukuleles and here is our friend’s Uke
all decked out on our kitchen table. This Uke is a tenor. He might have done more this weekend
but here it is in the embryo stage a few days ago. The rosette was one of the first things
to go in around the sound hole.
Below is a side project: Matt’s experimenting with Mod Podge
on the peg head of one of our inexpensive ukuleles. Funny, there are dozens of “side projects” around here; how does that work? I figure, the thing
that is being worked on is the main project. Ha! I love the little nuthatch….
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Lacework of Fog
Christine December 11th, 2011
After six days of heavy fog in the valley the frost has made pretty lace in the tree tops.
If you want to be inspired
Christine December 3rd, 2011
then watch this about bassist Carol Kaye. All the bass lines you ever knew were played
by Carol Kaye.
Inland sea SWF
Christine December 2nd, 2011
I found a couple photos of Lake Ozette yesterday that I wanted to post for Sky Watch Friday. These were taken right on shore at our campsite.
You can hardly see the head of the lake because of the waves and wind. The rollers were high that day but the Raven canoe handled the rough water well.
Have a happy weekend!
It’s skiing for us, I think.
