Readers, Welcome to my blog (formerly Birds, Blooms, Books, etc). I'm entering a new decade taking on the challenge of moving from Maryland after living there 46 years and learning about my new home here in New England in the Live Free or Die state - New Hampshire. Join me as a write this new chapter of my life.

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Another Snow Shoe Walk

 Bitter cold weather and then a snow storm is coming our way this weekend. That means staying inside out of the cold.  Knowing that I put on my snow shoes Friday morning and headed out for a walk in the field to the woods beyond. I wasn't the only creature walking in this expanse in the last few days.  There were animal tracks all over the place but with the lighting I couldn't manage a photo of them.  Here is what I did capture.

The bridge goes over this small stream which surprisingly wasn't frozen solid.

The bridge connects this forest blueberry patch to the field. These are old, old blueberry bushes.



When I picked blueberries last summer I never even ventured across the bridge to pick.  There were too many on the bushes in the field.



The woods are quiet.



Looking back at the field the other blueberry bushes are to the left.



A better photo of my snow shoe.


Spotted this color in the snow - a young pine tree.



I started to take more photos but my battery was done.  I look forward to more walks in new snow next week.


Friday, January 14, 2022

Promise Fulfilled

 










[Tom, I had to bring the flowers to my nose to smell any scent on these. There's no scent wafting through the kitchen as I expected from your earlier comment.]

Thursday, January 13, 2022

A Favorite Meal


Turkey croquettes with mashed potatoes and gravy and broccoli as a vegetable.
Recipe from Rachel Ray's 365: No Repeats.
It's one of the few recipes I have made on a regular basis from the cookbook. 
One pound of ground turkey makes 10 croquettes.  6 of these went into the freezer for another supper some other night. I label the containers and maintain a list on the side of the refrigerator so I know what I have.  It's like going shopping for dinner some days by consulting the list to see what I can thaw for dinner.


 Our salad was a fruit salad we call ambrosia - bananas sliced with oranges and coconut on top.  These were Cara Cara oranges and they are delightful.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

New Distraction





No regular piece shapes.  I thought it would make it easier to find the piece I needed but not so. I'll be doing this one for weeks.