I made oven baked buritos this week... take flour tortillas, fill with a mixture of (can of) chicken, refried beans, chopped jalepenos, cheese, sour cream, tomatoes, roll up brush with EEOO and bake for 30 min or til burbling. The tortillas get crispy and the filling gooey.
TV
We went back to the Bridgerton series as we missed the last few episodes. I just loved this series in books and the current show is AWESOME. Costumes are gorgeous, settings lush, photography great and acting wonderful.
We finished Virgin River for the season, sad... but Hallmark has Home, the time travel series on now. Also thanks to PBS for Miss Scarlett and for All Creatures current season. As a young teen I read all James Herriott's books and fell in love.
Note: I took an improv acting course from a woman from the Dales.... her accent was lovely
Of course I am also watching our current season of The Traitors... I LOVE it and watch the Housewives of NYC and Beverly Hills... again, it's a fave
I finished another embroidery kit and am doing two online challenges in quilt making, I share those on Saturdays. I love challenges with prompts. PQ this week challenged us to make a quilt in ombre colors and stay at home round robin challenged us to include crown blocks.
Snow
I grew up in Florida and there's a reason you don't see pics of snow on palm trees. When I was about 3 or so the city brought in a truckload of snow and put the snow downtown at Christmas. It was amazing to one so young but kids were enthralled in general.
My family had a second home in NC up in the Smokey Mts, in Maggie Valley. Sometimes we went up for winter breaks and I got a chance to need snow boots and a coat. I might have been 11-12 ish so this was fun! I couldn't get enough. I would stand on the back porch of the lodge and break off long icicles from the roof. I also probably foolishly made snowcones with what looked clean snow, and syrup.
Suddenly the books I read made more sense in an experiential way, and my love of the seasons began.
My sister and her family moved a lot while I was growing up... She spent time in VA, with a bit of snow, in Maine with a LOT of snow, in Indiana with snow, and Michigan with lots of it. I got to visit on Christmas breaks often enough to experience snow in many forms. I always liked it.
As a young woman I moved to Canada for a bit, was a nanny, and learned what the word snow means. And cold, as Edmonton dips to minus 40 degrees. My nose froze shut when I breathed in, and our cars had to be plugged into block heaters. The good news was we knew where our cars were from the small melted circles on the hoods.
I had a
boyfriend that was sporty so I tried things like cross county skiing,
snow shoeing, outside ice skating. We would walk to town in the cold but
they were awesome about plowing. I had a full length down coat bought
for me my my sister in Ann Arbor. I put on so many layers I looked like
the Michelin man! I knew if I fell I'd be a turtle unable to get up! I
was stunned to learn it snowed in May
After I met and married my now husband we moved within a few months to Maryland. The mid Atlantic states get some cold and snow, but it's in bursts not sustained over a season. One massive snow was something like 2+ feet, and our standard poodle at the time refused to do anything outside that involved privates touching the snow.
Uh Oh.... we shoveled a corridor along the sidewalk but still he refused. DH shoveled a path to the next door neighbor's and glory! Cole peed near their driveway!
Now we live in Colorado where we thought there would be a lot of cold and snow. Climate change has caused much shorter duration and snow amounts, temps are also warmer. Today we have snow from the last storm because we had cold temps. Our sun at high altitude is intense through, and once it's above freezing the snow often melts to form icebergs that stick to roads. Our part of the state does not seem to think plowing is important.
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| Cole in happier times |
7 comments:
hugs to you... we understand and know this current state of your heart... we are sure it will tell you what you can do and when...
Greetings from Edmonton, LOL! I enjoyed your reminiscences about snow in general and our winter city in particular! We're having a milder winter than last year -- haven't hit -40 yet, only in the low -30s. And right now, it's positively balmy, about -10. P.S. -- love your colourful valentine quilt!
Love your Valentine quilts and your recipe for oven baked burritos sounds delicious. I may have to give them a try!
That's a beautiful Valentine quilt - hearts within hearts! We just started watching Miss Scarlet the last couple Sundays when the new season began - sure wish we had watched all the seasons. Yummy burritos - we'll have to try those!
One day you'll be well enough and then the right dog will find its way into your life again. My heart hurts when I read how much you are still missing your handsome boy. All your snowy adventures make me smile though. I also love the snow. We lived in Denver in the early 80s and yes, when the sun comes out, all the snow melts and evaporates off the roads & sidewalks. I loved that! Keep up with those embroideries. They're beautiful!
I have a love hate relationship with snow!
Your quilts are beautiful! Stay warm! Milo aloha!
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