The sun coming up in our woods the morning after our snowfall this week.

We’ve had snow on the ground now since the day after Christmas. First the blizzard snow of 20 inches, then last Friday’s 5 inches, and this week’s 7-incher that fell over Tuesday night. We never got rid of the first snow even though we had one warm day and a little bit of rain that helped melt some of the snow pack. Still, there’s an awful lot of snow still on the ground.

The temps hover in the 20’s during the day and at night plummet to the single digits and teens. The wind has been blowing quite nastily too so I haven’t really been taking the dogs for their daily walk. Today the wind is calm, so we did manage to get a walk in.

Bella likes it when I shovel and throw some snow her way. She thinks it’s fun and she hops around and barks. She’s bored because she can’t find any dirt to dig holes in. Thank God.

I haven’t been anywhere since Tuesday! At least not in a car. Only in the yard and a walk down our street today with the dogs. I’ve been reading, knitting (birthday present for neighbor Kim but I don’t think I’m going to finish in time) and watching my TiVo’s shows.

Rick has been on a bread kick lately. We recently bought this book:

So far we’ve made the french baguettes (last weekend) which turned out pretty well, and this whole wheat pizza dough. The pizza had a delicious wheaty flavor but the crust did not get crispy like we like it. It was really good though! Don’t you think it looks good?

And, he has another dough for a ciabatta resting in the fridge for this weekend. So far that’s our only plan for the weekend. It’s supposed to snow a little tomorrow so we’ll probably spend the day sitting around the wood stove while the lovely aroma of baking bread fills the house.

Hope you have a great weekend no matter what you have planned (or not)!

Glad to hear you guys are hanging in there…staying safe and warm.
Loved the photos of Bella covered with snow and the one of the snow…you can see the crystals…so pretty.  You are also making me very hungry.  There is nothing so wonderful and speaks of home, as fresh bread.  Wow.

Bella is so cute.  I could just eat the pizza and there is something so appealing about the smell of freshly baked bread.  Our snow has all disappeared but the frost remains deep in the ground and has caused real problems with frozen water pipes leaving lots of houses and business premises without water for up to 2 weeks - luckily we were not one of them.  We now have torrential rain and strong winds!

Debra, Yes, I tried to capture a snowflake reflecting the light. Glad you caught it! The pizza was pretty good if I must say so myself!

Joyce, yes, Bella keeps us all on our toes. Torrential rain and strong winds sounds no better than tons of snow to me! Thankfully we are in between storms at the moment! Stay warm and hopefully you won’t have any frozen pipes!

Nice to finally have a real winter in NJ.  I’ve been enjoying xx skiing and snowshoeing.  Wish I could have been in VT this week-end… they’ve gotten 4 feet in the last few day.  Sigh.  New bread recipes are dangerous to my hips and thighs.  Nothing like the smell of homemade bread, cept maybe eating it hot from the oven and slathered in butter or dipped in olive oil.  Yum!

Maggie, this is what winter should really be like! I am loving every minute of it! Yes, I know what you mean about bread. Hopefully he’ll get out of this bread mode soon. In the meantime I only take a little bit!