An ice day is a good day to bake. Today we made pretzel rolls for the first time. Yummy but our slits in the top, which seemed small, expanded a lot when we baked. Delicious nevertheless! 🥖
The branches of the crepe myrtle in our front yard are bent to the ground by the weight of the ice. Here’s hoping the wind stays calm until the thaw arrives.
In other news it started snowing about 10:30am. Always nice to see.❄️
Went to a local breakfast place and was surprised and delighted to see they had Apple Butter instead of the ubiquitous grape jelly etc. Apple Butter is my ‘go to’ and I’m pretty sure I first had it in a restaurant as a kid.
Another first : our teenage daughter making California rolls
My wife’s in-progress salmon poke. First time making it. Yum!
The National Weather Service confirmed this 1am barometric pressure spike is from the second pressure wave of the volcano. Our little weather station had no trouble picking this up. Interestingly the NWS says this wave came from the opposite direction having transited the globe.
Our first attempt at pretzel sticks. They turned out well!
Sunrise with a contrail crossing a tiny cloud boundary
Apparently my first post via Micro.blog was 4 years ago today 🎉
Our 13 yo son refuses to wear anything other than shorts and a t-shirt but today we cajoled him into wearing long pants (still in a t-shirt though). To me this is freakin’ cold!
I think I’ll skip my outdoor exercise today: Feels like is 11ºF / temp 18ºF. More ☕️ please.
In solidarity with our northern neighbors: our temperature has dropped by 33ºF in 3 hours. 19ºF more to lose before we hit tonight’s low.
It’s rather apparent rain has been lacking for over a month. Still a nice view though.
An Old Fashioned snowman 🍹 😉
Questionable decision? I just noticed that when I decorated I put this snowman right next to my Hakko soldering iron… ⛄️ 🤷🏽♂️
Photo of a nice summer thunderstorm. Only thing is it’s December… ⛈
Success! After yesterday’s abject failure we succeeded in making dinner rolls from scratch today. Our first ever bread-type effort. They were a big hit - the rack was full a few minutes ago! We’re looking forward to more and invested in a stand mixer afterwards. 🍞
A hazy sun but pretty sky this morning.
I’ve never finished shopping for my wife’s Christmas gifts this early to say nothing of getting them all wrapped. I do enjoy my santa role.🎄🤶
Pictured: detrius of the wrapping in progress
My Series 7 Apple Watch was delivered yesterday. I was tired from decorating so decided to wait until this morning to set it up. The main thing I wanted was an always on display. I already love having this - no more flicking my hand to see something! ⌚️
Christmas decor is done. Phew! Now we have a month to sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Christmas 🎄
First (fireplace) s’more of the season
We played Bargain Quest for the first time today. It has a little different scheme than other games we’ve played and we enjoyed it. We’ve plan another session for tomorrow.
Blue skies, nothing but blue skies do I see 🎶
When you stop for BBQ out in the country…
I often see people laud their various writing instruments. A good eraser just doesn’t get the love it deserves. ✏️
