L'hiver..Winter.

 

Winter is acting differently this year..some. ..few ..days are glorious with sunshine and blue skies..but many are very dull and monochromatic..snow seems to hit in fury..  here and there..

I do love winter but I must preface by saying..sunny winter;)

I need it all.

Perfect you know..

Nothing ever is..  but one can lean towards preferences I think.

I have been baking but apart from a new cookie recipe..I have had some misses.

Twice I tried muffins that never ever ended up looking like the original poster showed..LOL I asked a few questions..no answer.

Then I made that beautiful Excellent White Bread recipe and tried shaping it like this..

I gave my shape a 2/10.

To the salon..  oops..to the drawing board;)

So in short nothing to write home about.

Soups are one of my favorite food groups.I love having one for lunch..any warm kind in winter..and gazpacho in summer.

You can whip up a soup avec  presque rien.(Almost nothing).

I used 3 very large carrots.. sliced

1/2 head of caulflower,broken up

1 onion chopped

3 garlic cloves

Chicken stock

s and p

milk or cream.

chipotle chili pepper seasoning.

Hot sauce.

Just sauté onions and garlic..in some butter and evoo.. add veggies and toss to coat well.. add enough stock to cover veggies..  cook until fork tender.

Use a blender or a hand held blender until smooth as silk.

Adjust your seasonings add a bit of milk or cream..

Add croutons or puff pastry hearts;)

LOL on two of the same;)

Winter was not my fave season as a realtor..

Every Tuesday we had caravan.. visiting the new listings.. so we traipse around in boots..  then take our boots off upon entering the homes..always..our feet ended up in puddles of wet feet.

Back into cold boots with freezing wet socks..for ap 2 hours plus. in and out.

I was always shivering at the end of the day.

Open houses..Sundays 2-4.. stopping the car to put out heavy sandwich boards.. directing people to the open houses having to stop traffic ..oh I loved that.Wind..snow..snowstorms..

The ads went in newspapers days before.

I retired 11 yrs ago..there was no IG for ads..no Tik Toks..no Facebook..

All newspapers.

Some homes were empty..relocations.. so they were so cold when we would arrive..

2 hrs..waiting for people.. keeping our coats on..

Those are the things I do not miss.

Driving clients in horrendous road conditions..

Those are the things I do not miss lol.

Now I appreciate winter.

I don't mind it like I used to.I am not fond of cold but very fond of getting out there.. walking..snowshoeing.. shovelling is not my fave..My face hates cold.

But I get such an amazing feeling in white snow with blue skies.

So I do it.

My husband is intrepid.I mean it.

I think he appreciates the maintenance more now.He sees it as great exercise.

He never bemoans it.

That helps..if he crabbed about it all the time I may not be so ok with it.

Picture postcards some days.

I swear as awesome as walking the beach.

Have a great weekend.