Merry Christmas One and All!

We have had a wonderful season of advent. Preparation for Christmas has been the priority and we are ready to celebrate. We hope you are too. It will just be the four of us on Christmas day and we are looking forward to a relaxed, low-key day. We have our customary smoked turkey and will enjoy presents, grazing, and each other.

We got our tree last Saturday. The weather was perfect. It was snowing lightly, about 5 degrees (which was warmer than the entire week up to then, so it felt almost balmy). We found a beautiful tree and have thoroughly enjoyed having it up in our living room.

I know the west coast has been pummeled with snow for over a week now but we have had some great snowfalls as well. We have been below 15 degrees since early December and have about 3 feet of snow on the ground. Below are a few pictures of our lights and snow drifts after the first big storm. We also had a night of easterly winds and that pushed the mill steam onto the trees in the area. I don't think the picture does it justice but the next day everything glistened with horefrost.

Diane