Not much doin' here for the new year. Lots of cold weather. We had several days below freezing and you can see where the shadow of the house falls in the frost pattern in the back yard. After several nights it got so thick it looked like snow.


It was especially pretty on the sempervivums.


And the heuchera...


Daniel and I are eating primal for awhile to shed some pounds. Made a primal pizza last night - the crust is made from almond flour. Needs more experimenting.


And finally the official portrait of Her Royal Highness Princess Gracie Von Grumpus. I can't believe I got such a good shot. Click for larger.

Happy Boxing Day!

I got nothin' for xmas pics. Not much to see this year. We did without a tree because of Mr. Kittenpants. Had a great holiday tho. here's what I do have - a whole lot of layin' around...


After being told 25 times to stop biting this or that he finally went to sleep on the desk.

Another fabulous Thanksgiving

I love hosting Thanksgiving and having friends over. Look at the beautiful centerpiece Daniel put together.


And here's the apple pie I made.


And a really bad shot of dinner (what can I say - food was ready!).


We had:

roasted turkey breast & thighs
roasted pork loin with huckleberry and pepper glaze
green bean casserole (all from scratch)
classic white bread stuffing
sweet potato souffle
mashed potatoes and gravy
butter flake rolls and potato rolls
pumpkin pie (2)
apple pie
pecan pie
plenty of great wine

About one third of that got eaten - yay leftovers!

Guests were:

Joey and Wes
Terry
Dixie
Kristen (a friend of Joey's from class, and nw our friend too)

We had a fabulous time hanging out and eating with everyone. Hope your turkey day was as good.

Whole lotta sleepin' goin' on..

Nothing but sleepin' going on around here.


Look how woolly Miss Gracie is! I am always amazed


Mr. Petey has been sick for aweek now. Poor baby...


Here's why everyone is so tie-tie. Yep, snow arrived. We had not even had a hard frost yet when this showed up Monday.


Dropped about 4 inches on us and then cleared off and got really cold. Should leave on Turkey Day with rain again with temps back up in the forties. Forecast say this is going to be the coldest, snowiest winter since 1955. All that La Nina's fault, hanging out in the south pacific and messing up my season.

A few fall pics...

I'm slowly getting new beds together in the courtyard. The two here are now joined by a third. Another long one to go on the far side and they're done.


A shot form last year of Miss Gracie (aka The Grumpus). We are constantly amazed at the variety of colors in her coat.




Junebug is at his sweetest when he's asleep. He is growing so fast and is nothing but trouble. Good thing he is so cute.

A few recent pics...

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Rainy days

A tryptich of cats...