WINTER WONDERLAND

I hope everyone has had a special time with family or friends this Christmas!
We have enjoyed a most beautiful White Christmas (the first in several years!).
There is still alot of snow on the ground.

Here are some of our pictures I'd like to share with you......
On Christmas Eve, our daughter Jami fixed an assortment of appetizers. In addition to some of the usual ones we have each year, she also served these delicious stuffed plum tomatoes, and Bacon-wrapped Stuffed Jalepenos. They were so good! I will be posting the recipes on my Recipe Blog shortly.

Table set for Christmas lunch.

Side table set for serving

Appetizers and

Hot Spiced Cider

.

We usually have brunch on Christmas day

instead of lunch,

but this year decided to have

Hungarian 'Christmas Soup'

served with Sourdough bread and

European butter, along with a

Fruit and Spinach Salad.

Bill made the soup,

which contains primarily

Kolbasi, Sauerkraut, & Mushrooms.

It was very good!

I think our relatives in Slovakia

would've been proud of him!

Paper whites starting to bloom

on Christmas Eve.

Amaryllis on Christmas Eve.

....then on Christmas morning.

The mantel lit up on Christmas Eve.

Our living room on Christmas morning,

after the gifts had been opened,

and the mountain of wrapping paper, bags

and boxes had been removed.

Chocolate Torte, anyone?

This is actually the cross tie wall

outside our back porch door.

Below is the door at the opposite end

of the back porch.

& the walkway leading to

garage apartment.

Jami had to put on my old snow boots

to walk around outside.

6"-8" of snow

with some ice underneath.

Here's her car in the driveway.

Front yard.

Closeup of snow-filled birdbath.

Front porch.

The pond.

(Neighbor's house in the distance).

I'm hoping the roads aren't too icy tomorrow,

but it has been a lovely Christmas weekend!!

Hope it was for you, too!