Pie!

There is something about a quiet house. The only sound you hear is the coffee perking. 

The moon was still casting shadows when the sun started above the horizon. 

I had time to read a bit and have a coffee while the sun rose. 

We went to a festival of trees. It is a fund raiser for 

scholarships for the college. I put plenty of tickets in a few of the trees and fingers crossed I will win one of them. 

This tree a little boy was so excited about this tree and told me all about it. If I could of purchased this tree I would of to give to him. He was so sweet and excited. I do hope he wins it. 

Cookies are baked and dropped off at where they needed to be. I hope everyone enjoyed them on the cookie walks. I decided to make a mincemeat pie. 

My family was very English, and I had all the English goodies for the holidays. I married into a French-Canadian family. I learned all of their pies and goodies. My husband never much cared for mincemeat or a good fruit cake so over the 50 years I didn't get them much. This is the year! The pie turned out so yummy I have frozen 3/4th of it or I would eat the whole pie!

This is the stocking I just got last week. The mantle has my tree topper collection. 

Feather tree with all of my small ornaments. 

One of my handmade Santas. 

The house is dry from the woodstove. So, I made a simmer pot of all wonderful smelling things, put it in a pot filled with water and let it simmer all day.

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Today is Pearl Harbor Day. It is time for remembrances. 

 Back into the deep freeze starting tomorrow.

This weather is early it is usually in Jan or Feb. 

So I think it will be a long one. 

Have a great week!