We drove out to our bluebird route to get a pine Christmas tree. We walked around for 5 minutes to find the perfect tree.
We have inherited a few more pieces of furniture so finding a spot for the tree was difficult. We also inherited some Christmas ornaments so it took a full day to decorate it.
The Advent wreath is made,
And the wreaths are on the doors.
I had a bit of a Christmas baking disaster. I inherited my mother's Joy of Cooking and decided to bake her recipe for Stollen. But the yeast I used was too old and it didn't rise, so I added more yeast, then it overproofed and I wound up with
Six loaves that rose horizontally rather than vertically. So we are working our way through 6 loaves of 1 inch high stollen. Tastes just like my mom's though.
I started over with brand new yeast and just to be sure I used my own recipe. Everything turned out fine.
We've had a leucistic house fich visiting our feeder.
And yesterday a ruffled grouse ran into our window and then sat in a tree for a few minutes to recover.
Yes, they are both blurry, taken through the window.
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