Wine

Husband is doing puzzles again. I love this one 

I finished my Claus, I do love how he came out 

I had a lemon that needed to be used. So lemon chicken soup it was. My first time making it, sooooo good. I froze some for later. 

My feather tree is decorated with vintage ornaments. I am finishing up Christmas decorating.

I honor all veterans!!

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I finally finished up the raking. What a big job it has been. Husband has not been able to help much he has gout sadly.

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Tomorrow afternoon I am going with a friend to a french wine tasting. Should be very interesting. 

Have a great rest of your week. Snow flurries in our forecast eeek.

An Up Date And Soup

I am joining Robin at The cranky crow soup chain. 

Chicken Gnocchi 

2 cups cooked chicken

1 package of premade gnocchi

 5 cups of chicken stock

2 carrots chopped

2 stalks celery chopped

1 med yellow onion chopped

Thyme

2 cloves garlic

1/2 and 1/2 1 cup+

1 Tab of corn starch

A bit of olive oil in pan, saute onions,carrots,celery until onions are tender add garlic cloves, saute just a min or two. Add chicken stock and thyme (I use a couple of stems of fresh thyme) Simmer until the veggies are tender.

Add chicken and simmer for a few min. Add gnocchi cook about 5 min until it floats. 

I add the cornstarch to a cup of 1/2 and 1/2 before adding to the soup to dissolve it. 

We like it thick if you like it thinner add less cornstarch.

(It will thicken as it continues to simmer)

I also add a tablespoon of butter at the end. Check for needed s & p.

I am more of a cook by the seat of my pants kinda girl. So I hope you enjoy it 

We went to a winter farmers market. The bread is delicious with soup 

I am in full Christmas mode here. Everyday something gets added to my Dec calendar. I want to join all the fun. Plus we are hosting a family party and some house guests.

I started a new rug. A crazy Vermont folk art piece. 

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My tooth saga ugh. 

I saw 3 dentists had 4 x rays. Spent more money than I care to think about. And it came down to a cracked tooth down through the root. It had to be pulled. I had pain like I have never had before. I really wanted to save that back moler but at this point I am happy it's gone. 

 Have a great week!

Short And Not So Sweet

My hibiscus after brining it in for the winter. 

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I am dealing with an abcessed tooth. I had full X-rays and a cleaning at the end of Sept  and yet here I am. Pain like I have never ever had before. Root canal tomorrow ugg!

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Record breaking warmth today. Something to be happy about. 

What's A Witch To Do?

We continue to have amazing weather. My sweet friend and I took a nice long walk.

The colors have faded but still pretty. 

Tree is up!

My nod to Thanksgiving. I have a very busy season a head and I love my vintage Christmas decorations. So out they come!! It makes me happy so why not?

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The clocks fell back. We are tucked in watching football. Life is good.

Claus

The leaves are still falling and I continue to rake a bit most days.

It was much cooler this morning than it has been so I made some pumpkin spice donuts.Yummy.

When I found the antique mirror at our dump store I found this vanity tray too. It cleaned up great and I will use it for myself. 

I finished hooking Claus he needs a good steam and a nice birch branch to hang from.

I am just back from a fund raiser with my sweet friend. A taste of the local restaurants. So much food!

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Time change this weekend. The darkness is what I like least about our winters. The days are so short. I have to get outside most days to keep the winter blues away. 

  Happy Halloween!

Rhythm Of The Seasons

I took some time to organize my wool.

We worked very hard raking our steep driveway. The leaves can make it very slippery 

We made a dump run and I snagged an free antique mirror!!! Needs a good cleaning but great condition. 

I have been decorated for Halloween for some time as I had a dinner for my women's group early this month. So I am itching to get Christmas decorationing started.

I have a very busy season ahead! 

I am trying very hard to stay in the season and enjoy it. It has been one beautiful fall so far. 

Glorious Days

I could not ask for more beautiful days. The leaves are falling.

I fixed my fox's leg. Now to steam and bind.

My sweet friend Dayle gave this to me for Christmas a few years ago. I should get it done before the holidays.

I made a large batch of cookies. I froze them in balls on a cookie sheet and then bagged them. So when the holidays roll around quick cooking.

A week ago today I felt a funny something around my left eye. Thur it seemed worse. So I go to the walk in care. She decides she is not sure I am NOT having a stroke. I go to the hospital.....

They wire me up and put me through my paces and do a brain scan. They take many viles of blood. And then they say bells palsy, give me a high dose of steroids and a prescription for them and sent me on my way. It is better but not gone. I see my primary tomorrow.

(Taping my eye closed at night is a drag.) 

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Enjoy the rest of the week.