Winter has arrived!!

 

It's definitely knitting and reading weather here lately...

From The Long Winter...

"The shanty was growing colder.  The stove could not warm the air inside the thin walls.  There was nothing to do but sit huddled in coats and shawls, close to the stove...

The cold crept in from the corners of the shanty, closer and closer to the stove.  Icy-cold breezes sucked and fluttered the curtains around the beds.  The little shanty quivered in the storm.  But the steamy smell of boiling beans was good and it seemed to make the air warmer.

At noon Ma sliced bread and filled bowls with the hot bean broth and they all ate where they were, close to the stove..."

I hope this little excerpt hasn't traumatized you too much Lisa :))

I made bread yesterday too, but no bean soup.

Still working on Marnie's birthday blanket.  Unfortunately, I ran out of cream yarn so had to order more online.  It should arrive this week and I can finish off the last 3 squares and then start sewing it together...

The red maple trees in the garden have been lovely over autumn...

 But most of the leaves have fallen now...

Denver had a birthday a few weeks ago..

We had pizza and birthday cake to celebrate...

He was 23

Some secondhand books I picked up recently for winter reading...

I read two of these many years ago, but I don't really remember the details.  It's good when you can recycle your reading :)

I've got a few other posts half done, which I hope to publish this week.  In the meantime, I wish you a blessed Pentecost...

"When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.  Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." - Acts 2:1-4