Happy

Typist

Abel practiced his typing skills the other evening. 

Orange and blue

Swirls

I had a lot of fun replicating the swirls in the plaster around the window.  

Sunshine

Plastering

Green

Winter

Red

Red for Valentine's Day

Little guy

 This little guy has peach fuzz on the top of his head. 

Stairway

I never liked the lathe that lined the walls of the stairway, and am very happy with how how it looks after a coat of paint. 

Shelf

Pipes

During the cold snap a couple of weeks ago, I managed to keep the pipes in the sunroom from freezing. One night it meant getting up every couple of hours to run the water, which was easier and cheaper than replacing burst pipes. 

Pattern

Paint project

Due to the unprecedented number of snow days we've had recently, I've been able to complete several paint projects. 

Bread

I was disappointed with the taste, but at least this bread photographed well. 

Baby

Tomato soup

4 tablespoons butter
small onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, diced

6 tablespoons flour
4 teaspoons sugar (optional)
salt
pepper
basil
oregano
thyme

1 quart tomatoes

1 quart milk

Saute butter, onions and garlic.

Stir together flour, sugar, salt, pepper, basil, oregano and thyme. Blend flour mixture in onion mixture.

Remove from heat and gradually stir in tomatoes. Return to heat and bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute.

Gradually add milk. Heat to almost boiling.

Reading books

Frozen

Ice

Sweet

ABCs

Touch up

Another snow day project was touching up the paint around this window trim. 

Cinnamon rolls

I have a tradition of baking cinnamon rolls on snow days. I could have baked hundreds of cinnamon rolls last week. We had off a full day on Monday, half a day on Tuesday, and the entire day on Wednesday and Thursday due to snow and cold weather. 

Little boys

Snuggle

Artwork