Frosty

An Apology

An apology is a friendship preserver,

Is often a debot of honor,

IS never a sign of weakness,

Is an antidote for hatred,

Costs nothing but one's pride,

And always saves more than it costs,

Is needed in every home.

Sun on the Sisters

Sunrise on the Three Sisters Mountains

What a lot we take for granted!

When Carl Linnaeus the great Swedish botanist, visited England, he saw, for the first time in his life, a gorse bush in full flower.  It is said that he was so overwhelmed by it's beauty that he instantly knelt before it, giving thanks to God.

Let us open our eyes and our hearts today and look at the wonders around us for the first time.

~Frances Gay-The Friendship Book, 1983

Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas

"there are two ways of spreading light:

to be the candle

or the mirror that reflects it"

~Edith Wharton

Yule Lads

The Yule Lads were originally portrayed as being mischievous, or even criminal, pranksters that would steal from, or in other way harass the population (at the time mostly rural farmers).

Strombolis

We vowed to try something new each week

Strombolis turned out great.  So great we had enough for two in the freezer. 

Pomanders

 

Finishing the pomanders for the table.  

Delicious smells all Christmas long

Tamarack

 You don't realize the number of tamaracks during the summer.

But what an autumn surprise.

Falling

 Gorgeous fall colors on the Metolious

Only You

Over two months of forest fires at the base off this mountain range.  The new snow is a beautiful relief.

What You Find In An Eddy

Knotty

 Twist and turns, weeping fern

Tight Lines

Scott's Big O' Brown

Just before dusk, Scott landed this giant

Sending him off to finish the work he was heading to do.

Helicopters in Flight

The trees, now decked in read and gold,

their splendor soon will shed.

But do not think, on winter days,

Their bare black boughs are dead.

Though autumn comes, when few birds sing,

New life will stir again in spring.

~The Friendship Book, 1977

Frances Gay

Early Frost

Lots of green tomatoes....crazy early frost

Green Cherry Tomatoes

 My first attempt at pickling green cherry tomatoes.

Hoping they taste great and add a little to my winter martinis!

Brussels

Our first year of finally growing Brussels Sprouts.  They were yummy and better than any store bought veggies we've eaten.  We'll put in several rows next year.  We love roasting these little gems in olive oil, piri piri spice and garlic.

Japanese Festival

Little Miss Muffet

Hot Spring

East Lake

Reeling

Sail On Silver Girl

Lake's Edge

Tree of Life

Canning

Sister Weekend

Definitely NOT the pits

Sweet times together

Preserving great memories

Summer's End

 Last Harvest

 Summer is officially over for this girl

Football Sangria

You only get to have fruity drinks for a few weeks during football season....let's enjoy it while we can.

Jumper

Grasshoppers are abundant this time of year.

Canal Dwelling

Lavender Jelly

My lavender jelly is more lovely than life.

Looks Like Chihuly

My dahlias always remind me of Dale Chihuly's art.