T Stands for Tuesday-Photos Overload

   Tuesdays we gather for T(ea) over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog. Anyone is welcome to join in just share a drink related photo.

   The first full week of the new year is upon us. Here in Missouri so far it has been very cold, ice around me, and a bit of snow-just enough to say we got snow.

   If you missed it I shared in my last post a look back at my art and crafts in 2020-find here

   We never go out for New Year's eve-although for several years when our friend Lilburn was still with us he put on a huge shrimp boil and everyone brought a dish. Since his passing I now do a shrimp boil for the two of us.

  Over the holiday weekend I did make a couple desserts-keto churned chocolate mint ice cream and a keto NY style cheesecake.

The ice cream was keto but I did bring out a couple toppers with sugar, I had picked up these vintage ice cream dishes for one of our anniversaries

Of course I added whipped cream to mine-😀

  The tv programs I did not enjoy at all for New Year's Eve this year, but I did get to sit in front of those big windows and watch fireworks for an hour-directly across from me on the lake. They must have been bundled up well,  as it was very cold and raining. 

  I opened up a bottle of wine for me, my husband never stays up til midnight  and I had brought up some of the hand dipped chocolate fruits that were stored in the freezer earlier in the day.  The little glass is handmade porceline pottery, it's perfect if I just want a little of something.

   It has been cold, foggy, and just very dreary outdoors for the past week or so. Over the weekend I drove to the hardware store for some things my husband needed and Wow once I got out of our lake area and up on to the main road-Wow ice everywhere-except the road-I drove through a winter wonderland-everything-trees, bushes, grass etc all covered in ice. It was like that all the way to the hardware store. Very errie. I later learned this city had lost their electric for awhile. I never think to bring my camera along.

   We thought we were seeing ice across the lake from us and it was. Our little area got missed.

  Here are photos I took from our lake house over the last few days

I put the Christmas tree and ornaments away that weekend, and left the luminaries up til New Year's Day

These little birds are all cuddled up in their birdhouse--which needs to come down soon for repairs and cleaning

When there is nothing to watch on the tv I have been turning on this naturescape fire and reading. They have different wood fires every 30 minutes or so.

With a cup of tea

and perhaps a slice of cheesecake

Happy T everyone.

Jack Frost Has Arrived

   We saw the temperatures were to drop to 20 degrees f last night well it dropped much much lower and at 9:30 am has risen to 14 degrees brrrr it's cold and very very foggy here at the lake still.

   I put some mail in the mailbox to go out today and grabbed my camera. Yep Jack Frost has been here for sure

    These first two photos were taken early in the morning-these trees is where the eagles like to sit

the planter of swiss chard just got hit with the first hard freeze