Terrific Tuesday

My Tuesday started with this:

Almond milk French toast made with my very own Brioche bread and stuffed with a goat cheese-powdered sugar-dark chocolate chip (goat cheese riff on cannoli filling) filling. I didn’t actually stuff…I made 4 pieces of Almond Milk Brioche French Toast and put the filling between. And then… and THEN drizzled a warm maple syrup and red raspberry topping.

And there was bacon.

Tuesday started deliciously!

Several weeks ago, I had a kind of terrible Tuesday. It was hardly terrible so much as disappointing. And in spite of the fact that I knew things had really worked out for the best, there were parts that were just enough to reduce me – albeit unreasonably – to tears. Rats.

BUT.

Out in the cosmos, the call was heard.

And responded to.

Out of the blue, I received this email:


I was catching up on your blog which I still love, and went to the archives to see the early stuff. I came across this verse that you posted and thought I would do it in calligraphy for you.

From Hilary ( Hilary’s Etsy Shop)

The verse is a much loved verse that I often use as a prayer if I have a worry about one of the pets. And I pray it at the loss of one of them. It has so often been a great comfort to me.

God, our good, heavenly and dear Father, works in mysterious and wonderful ways.

Terrific Tuesday.

Are you ready for some football …or a reasonable facsimile??

Oh, boy.

So.

Super Bowl Sunday.

As a person who has not had tv for twelve years…

I like sports but have not really followed much except via reading and the occasional viewing of the World Series, Basketball playoffs, Super Bowl. But my viewing is via the ESPN gamecasts which is a graphic and text thing.

And no audio.

And I like it.

5 … 0 ???

What kind of score is 5 … 0 ?

Safety and a Field Goal.

Srsly odd and set the stage…

15… 0 Seahawks ahead.

29… 0 By this time, I’d spoken to my folks (Denver fans) 4 times and my neighbors (Seattle fans) once and I was flabbergasted at how things were going.

…writing on the wall…

Keeping an eye on the gamecast while enjoying my Super Bowl supper and reading a book on my Kindle…

Game over.

Congrats Seahawks!

Condolences to Denver, CO.

Enjoying the snow!

Monday and Tuesday morning we enjoyed the sun.

By early Tuesday afternoon, it was cloudy and gray.

It was forecast to start snowing 11:00 p.m.-ish but at my house, it didn’t start until just after 5:00 a.m. today (Wednesday).

By midday there was a bit over 4 inches.

We enjoyed!

It is to continue snowing and get colder.

I’m very much hoping for enough snow to snowshoe. I have not snowshoed from the house this year or last year – that is just not acceptable.

Let it snow!

Enjoying the sun

Winter in Montana can be gray.

But today…today was clear, sunny, absolutely beautiful.

And we enjoyed.

Beardog in the sun.

Beardog on Beardog Point.

Enjoying the sun.

Friday night lights

Setting sun lighting the tree tops.

Alpenglow through the woods.

A fire in the woodstove.

Bear keeping watch to the North.

Auggie in his “cat cave” on a chair under the kitchen table.

Of note this week: Bear and Auggie both had vet appointments for routine checkups. Bear for his “senior” 6 month check, Auggie for his “kitten” 6 month check and to get microchipped. All was well with both – YEA! Auggie is 8.5 pounds and pronounced to be in stellar condition. Bear was said to be “in the best health of any older dog I see” – Dr. Clark’s words. I’m thrilled to have good reports for both and hopeful for a good and healthy 2014 for all of us.

Onward!!!