snowstorm

we woke to snow falling small and softly outside. it changed to rain and then back to snow . . to hail . . and finally back to a small snowfall again. 

 little nutcrackers that have managed to stay out of their storage boxes.

 

 we made valentines today . . 

 we just need to fill them out and mail them!

 chanda worked on her border for her argonautica greek passage with translation by r. c. seaton.

 and then she made dinner . . with a little help from me.

 a lovely winter poem in brian jacques' redwall cookbook.

 with beautiful illustrations by christopher denise.

 stones inna swamp soup, or bean soup with celery and green pepper and parsley dumplings. there's supposed to be mushrooms, but chanda isn't a big mushroom fan and since she's the chef, she chose to leave them out.

 lots of parsley . . 

 stirring it up, but waiting for morgana to get home before adding the dumplings.

 i tackled the around the world cookbook . . 

 to make anzac biscuits, one of our favorite treats with coconut flakes and macadamia nuts.

 i used the new cookie sheet i received from my parents for christmas. it's the "gold" baking sheet from williams sonoma! i've always loved these from afar, so it was a really nice surprise when i opened my package this christmas!

 

while i worked in the kitchen, chanda began her writing . . she managed just to do a little bit before running off to watch a little of the fellowship movie . . 

after anzac cookies i finally opened my mollie katzen book to make . . 

 a gingerbread! i've been craving this every morning for three weeks now . . it's easier to bake when i don't have to worry about also putting together a dinner (and vice versa).

 we sat down to a delicious stones inna swamp soup . . except the stones melted a little as the water wasn't boiling when they were thrown in! live and learn!