Happy Christmas Day! We got some snow over night, about an inch on the ground. It looks kind of like this photo from way back. I didn't get a "live" photo because it's still dark while I write this. Ken's preparing the turkey for the oven now.
Thanks to all for the warm holiday wishes!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Bon réveillon !
I think the pie I make the most often is the classic tarte aux pommes. It's relatively easy and I enjoy it. For this year's birthday dessert, however, I did something different: an almond and pear tart. Or maybe it's a cake. In French, it's an amandine aux poires. The batter is made with ground almonds, a little flour, eggs, sugar, a splash of pear brandy, and canned pear halves, all baked in a standard pie crust. A delight!
The weather people say our low temperatures will be dropping over the next few days with snow (!) possible on overnight on Christmas Eve. A white Christmas? We shall see!
Or not. This year, I strung lights along the deck railing. You can't tell it by this photo, though, unless you look real hard. I find my confidence on ladders is waning, especially when it's raining and everything is wet. So the lights end up where I don't have to climb.
We can see the lights from inside the house and it's festive, so we don't feel like we're missing anything. Christmas Eve is in two days! I'm looking forward to our traditional cheese fondue.
It's the winter solstice! In a few days we will start seeing more daylight. Yippee!
This is a water tower, one of many in the Cher River valley near where we live. I took the photo in the fall of 2013, I think.
Today is the last day of fall here in the northern hemisphere. The days have stopped getting shorter and after a brief pause, they'll start adding daylight, a minute or so each day for a while. Hardly perceptible at first, but if you look closely, you'll see it.
Shopping, cooking, running errands. And now it's raining.
There's also no stress. We're not having any guests, not going out at all (except for said errands).
