accidental betty

homemade christmas tree

with a few old favourites.

the other thing i've been doing lately

i held off reading "twilight" for a really long time. who knew star-crossed teenaged vampires could be so compelling? staying up waaaaay too late with them now.

christmas baking #1

  

 

shirley b.'s ginger cookies

cream together 3/4 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup molasses.

add and beat well 1 egg.

add 2 cups flour, 1/4 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. cloves and 1 tsp. ginger.

roll in balls.

dip in sugar.

bake 8-10 mins. at 375 degrees.

 

hello december!

 

we made it!

not again!

tumble at the skating rink=green-stick fracture.

this little light of mine

ah, november. 

getting up in the dark, coming home in the dark. it seems forever since we've seen the sun. we're waking up tired and cranky, fighting bad moods and lingering coughs and colds all day long.

here's november's offering on our little seasonal table. it's definitely time switch it out for something more wintry. 

chestnuts and acorns gathered on our wanderings; a beeswax candle from a friend's blessing-way; painting, felt leaves and martinmas lantern, all made over several weeks at our sweet-peas parent and child group. a little ray of light to shine through november's gloom.

a good egg

first woodworking project at school.

winter wonderland

today...

remembrance day

these pictures are a few years old now, but it's a good day to think about my wonderful grandpa.

we love you max!

in the works

here is the real reason we wanted to live near this park.