december 31

Enjoying a quiet evening in this last day of 2011 ... watching football; pizza for dinner and a glass of wine.

This concludes another year of my 'photo a day' project; continuing on into 2012.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year!

december 30

Soft yellow and pink colors fill the blue sky at sunset this evening after a lovely day in northeast Oklahoma, with temperatures in the sixties.

december 29

after Christmas sales ... a set of four pasta / rim soup bowls in the Lenox Winter Song pattern, to add to my holiday dinnerware. :)

december 28

a game of Scrabble this evening

december 27

winter sunset view from the back porch

december 26

Fred ~ the red eared slider

december 24

ducks and geese on a nearby pond

december 23

Area highways filled with people traveling to their Christmas destinations; and finishing up last-minute holiday shopping.  Gasoline prices in northeast Oklahoma at local QuikTrip.

december 22

vintage Santa cup

december 21

My son mixed up a recipe of cocoa mix this evening to give as holiday gifts. :)

december 20

My son prepared moroccan roast leg of lamb for dinner last night; a fabulous dinner for four! The dry spice rub filled the house with aroma as the lamb roasted. All I snapped a pic of was the bottle of shiraz used for the red wine reduction sauce.

december 19

Christmas decorations

december 14

Even though I have a candy thermometer, I also refer to the 'cold water test' guidelines in my cookbook when making fudge. I mixed up a batch of chocolate marshmallow fudge to send my brother. I'll get it in the mail to him tomorrow.

december 13

white chocolate and candy sprinkles pretzel rods