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

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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!


4 comments:

Susan B said...

Wow, lots of snow! How nice to have it on Christmas day. It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas. Have a great week, Susan! :)

Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures said...

I love your pictures. All that food looks so yummy and the snow outside makes me feel so warm and comfortable to be inside. It sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas with your family.
Thank you so much for visiting with me and your kind comments....go get that camera;-)
Happy New Year to you.

susansspace said...

--Thanks, Susan! Happy New Year to you!


--Betsy, thank you for stopping by my blog, & for your nice comments!
Your blog is just full of such interesting creative projects! I will be checking back often! Blessings to you in the New Year!

Anonymous said...

Happy new year