Monday, December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas 2023

Merry Christmas, everyone.  I hope you had a great weekend and are having a good day today doing what you wish with those you want to be with.  Or anything close to that is still pretty dang good.

We spent some time on Saturday with my wife's family and some time yesterday with mine.  Gifts were exchanged and holiday greetings and catching up were shared.  It's so much less about the giving and getting stuff than it is about the time spent, or should be.  It was nice to see everyone, including the nieces and nephews that we don't get to see too often.  And a shame we couldn't see the others, which seems to happen too often.

It's certainly not a white Christmas here this year with temperatures yesterday and today in the 50's with 100% humidity.  Outside has been overcast and very foggy for a few days now, but that's still lots better than if it was snow and frost.  We've had less than two inches of snow here this month when 12 inches is normal for December, and will get no more though we return to highs around the freezing mark over the next week.  But January is next, and January is, well, January.  Until it becomes February, normally another very cold and snowy month.

Warm bread helps.


Saturday morning I made two batches of baguettes, the first of which was getting eaten before the second came out of the oven.  Here, that second batch on the left just came out and the baguette pizza was just about to follow it into the oven for lunch.

3 comments:

Blue Witch said...

Bread looks great!

Sounds like a good time is being had by all - enjoy the rest of your festivities!


delcatto said...

Bread looks very tasty.

Happy Christmas to you all.

Scoakat said...

Thank you, BW and delcatto. Was a good transition day to back to work tomorrow. At least only a three day week then another long weekend!

Delcatto, so sorry to hear of your Mum's passing. All our best to you, and hope your family stays well.