winter wonderland

May your winter be full of wonder and your land be full of peace

Happy Solstice

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year!

kids are noisy!

our smallish house full of 3 loud, rambunctious kids......headache inducing.....suffice to say outdoors is best!

I am proud of this trunk baby

Joyeux Noel!

lots of work, phenominal taste and made me realize I like using art and food together....this is more naturalistic than most cakes!!!!

Food as Art

I have been attempting to clear out the freezer and cupboards, too much going into a season that needs some room to store food, granted I canned lots this year but it needs to be eaten to be of value!

Why wait for the power outtage to clear it out? let's make room for the buche de noel and roast chestnuts I have in the offing!

Today for lunch I made this recipe from the pioneer woman! A perfectly crusted pork tenderloin with a cranberry onion glaze, I served it with some leftover gratin potatoes and fresh apple slices.

YUM perfectly tender and nice crust with some sour chutney......i think it looks beautiful on the plate!

my angel in the snow

We had a great time watching emerson play in the snow....he loves to throw snowballs and make snow angels....he is our angel....so sweet!

All Hallow's Eve

Somehow our toddler has managed to finally go down for his nap at 3:30 pm.....it has been a challenging week of sleep, so I am thankful for any time he sleeps....but now it is time to get ready to go to the Halloween Carnival and I refuse to wake him, we do not need an ANGRY bee............the carnival goes until 7pm, chances are we will catch the end of the event, all fine by me!

Natural encounter

I have been stalking the fall colors, trying to capture them at just that right moment......so we have had many sojourns into a variety of trails around our home, the light is usually wrong, the leaves hide from me, sick of seeing me I am sure.....but this day, this moment, with the sun high enough to illuminate some leaves and some trees displaying orange and gold I was happy with some of my captures of trees and shadows and leaves......then just as we were about to head back home, I heard another photographer say the magic word "BEAR" we ended up staying another 2 hours and taking tons of photographs, most a blur, badly composed or too dark to see the bear......this is my favorite capture, our 3 year old and I watched this large mama bear pluck a salmon, yes the salmon are running and there is a gate right where we were....the bears know how to fish and especially with trapped fish!.......the baby had eaten some 4 already on its own, but this moment we saw the mama put a fish in the baby's mouth......nature, nurture and noble!