Strut thinks this Christmas Day thing is the best ever: he's spent the whole day sleeping in front of the fire with his head on my foot. You can see the fur is growing back on his left fore leg where...
Christmas Day brunch with my love. French omelettes with duxelles, and a bit of duxelles on the side. Crèpes with creme fraîche and blueberries macerated in and flambéed with Cointreau. With...
Over the evening decorating the Christmas tree and Christmas Eve we already watched Holiday Inn, White Christmas, High SOciety (yup, not a Christmas movie, but I was on a roll and couldn't resist...
Christmas tree. Irene (at 5' 2 1/2") for scale. It came into the house at 13', but I gave it a fresh cut (about 8") and lopped a foot off of the top. There are over 1,500 lights and over 200...
This is the view out of the windows of our bedroom this morning. Yup we have no curtains or blinds: nothing but trees! Hard to believe we live in Seattle and only 2 1/2 miles from work.
Fire going. That's the wood burning insert in the living room an hour in with it fully banked. The thermostat, 15 feet away is set to 50 but reads 74. Irene is happy, Spring has melted.
Enjoy what of holidays, religious observances, time off, social gatherings, food fancinesses, and other you are (or have been: I was gone the last three days) up to this time of year. I wish you the...
