Thursday 13: Mostly SNOW

The first big snowstorm of the season hit today. There's something about us New Englanders: we always over-react to the first snow. The weather folks are so giddy tracking the storm that they easily convince most of us to get off the roads before the plows even have a chance. That means traffic delays and pile-ups, and that happened today bigtime. My ten minute trip from the grocery store took one hour. Once home, however, there is nothing nicer than enjoying a major storm when you don't have somewhere to be.


1. Here's the view from the front door.


2. The back door.
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3.The back door hours later
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4. The kitchen front door



5.The kitchen back door
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6. The dining room.
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7. The bedroom.
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8.The front hall
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9. The couch......

and while I'm at it, here's what I've been up to this week, excluding chores, work, and one thankfully improving knee
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10. These are fresh scallops. I bought them for $ 10.99 a pound at a small fish market, covered them with breadcrumbs, and sauteed them in butter and scallions--the best scallops I have ever had.
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11. My mother and I made five dozen peanut butter cookies today--the ones with a Hersey's Kiss in the middle of each one. The recipe was for seven dozen but my Mother refused to roll the dough smaller than she was willing to. Plus she just about threw them every which way in her effort to be quick and efficient. I give most of these away each year--always to Jess, often to friends and neighbors.
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12.This is not a good shot, but yesterday at my door a fabulously delivered box arrived with a dozen red tulips in it, complete with vase. What a gift. Deep love lives.

13. And finally, speaking of gifts, guess what this is? Ok, I'll tell you the beginning: it's an assortment of cards. But not just any cards.....