The snow has left.

Very early this morning, the wind blew in and took the remainder of the snow from earlier this week. I know I may sound like a poor sport, but I am glad. I know it will be back-at least I am sure the extreme cold will be back, and I will have plenty of opportunities to trudge out to break ice for the chickens, try to avoid the nasty rooster, and take quick photos of what I find. ;)

I found the wreath pattern here. I just used some of my scrapbook paper stash, you can also use pages out of magazines or catalogs.

The view.

Thursday afternoons are always crazy because we rush from one place to another, and then waiting for 3 kids to finish piano lessons, followed by rushing home to make supper. (That sentence is a perfect example of my brain on Thursday afternoons.) As I was pulling away from Mrs. H's home last night, the sunset was beautiful. A beautiful reminder of how God has wasted none of His minutes nor sunsets. Too bad that didn't hit me until this morning.

I started this post with eggs in mind. Note to self: I am still gathering 3-4 eggs a day. I was expecting the hens to start laying a bit less by now. The chickens also love those left over Autumn pumpkins, they are working on their second one right now.

Recently I found Twist Collective. It is full of beautiful knitting patterns. One in particular I especially am fond of. Maybe some day I will be a proficient enough knitter to try this.

A bit of this last week...

The hot chocolate is a recipe from Apples for Jam. The best hot chocolate I have ever made. (And like bread, I've tried quite a few recipes.) The berries are from before the snow yesterday.

The pattern for the hand warmers is from The Purlbee. They were a Christmas gift for a friend.

Ginger snaps and leg warmers.

I love ginger snaps, so I finally got to this recipe this week. They are incredible. I will be making them again. I also finished up another Christmas gift, some leg warmers for Lizzie.



The yarn is called Chocolate Cherry from Marigoldjen at Etsy.

coffee.

I can drink it black. I still  like it best with a bit of hot chocolate, but black works. 

Last week Anna Sophia laid a double yolk.

The first snow.

Still in the 30's, so not so bad for chores. 

Cooper is going to have to go, he hasn't been able to flog me again, but he has tried. I talk with an expert (Grandma Helen) and it isn't something I can break him of, so now to get the guts up to grab him, and get him ready for dinner.