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.