December already? I guess I had better get cracking on blocking and finishing stuff!

It looks it outside. It started snowing this morning and it has been gently falling all day. The dog does not like snow, probably because her legs are so short. Her belly is only 4 inches off the ground.

I have been making hats with the left over sock yarn, pretty lacy berets. Totally useless for winter. I got tired of warm bulky stuff.

I need to do my water colour home work but I had some sort of stomach bug this week and my hands are still shaky.

Well… that snow kept on falling and it got worse last night. We now have over a foot with drifting.
I am not sure if I can get out of the drive and back alley to make it to my water colour class. The snow clearing guy usually gets here late afternoon.

Mind you it looks really pretty out there, very christmas card like.

I made it to the class. I stripped down what I brought to the bare necessities and put it all into a back pack and walked. It is only a few blocks from here. We were doing a winter scene by coincidence and Frank made us go to the window and LOOK at the snow and see the colours in it and why it had those colours. It was a great class.

The snow clearance guys didn’t get here until 9 pm and they forgot to do the car so I will have to go out this morning and shovel it clear. I have my therapist this afternoon. I could walk but it is a much longer walk, nice in the fall but not after a foot of snow, besides it is cold today.

Linen is so much stronger then cotton. Cotton shirts last only a few years, I have linen that is been used decades and just gets softer.

Shovelling the car out was easy (though my body isn’t quite as happy today) the snow was very light and compacted.

It was a good session with the therapist. We are finally getting to the root issues. I need to start journaling again. I stopped when I was caregiving mom because it just circled around being trapped and I couldn’t do anything about that. It made me feel worse.

I need to go out and get stuff and mail stuff off but the roads are horrible, we had more snow last night.

I am going to go and knit and stare at my work table with the mermaid.

For plain knitting I can almost do it with not looking. I usually knit and watch videos. On the more complicated rows I need to watch my hands. Most lace knitting alternates between a row of plain knit and complicated pattern knit row.

I have a cookie recipe that I make that people love. My sister in Petewawa wanted the recipe and couldn’t believe it was gf.

I was baking with almond flour long before GF because I loved the taste. Almond loaves are a european thing.

Oatmeal raisin drop Cookies

3 /4 cup brown rice flour
1 /4 cup sweet rice flour
1 /4 cup tapioca flour
OR 1 1/ 2 cup GF flour

1 /4 cup ground hazelnuts
1 cup quick oats or rolled oats (will be more chewy)
1 tsp baking powder
1 /2 tsp baking soda
1 /2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon

3 /4 cup butter
1 /2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 /2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp yogurt
1 cup raisins (or substitute some dried cranberries)
pre heat oven to 375F

Mix dry ingredients together
pour some boiling water over the raisins, drain when ready to use.
Cream butter, add brown sugar beat well, add eggs one at the time , beat well, add yogurt & vanilla, beat well. Mix in dry ingredients, add raisins.

Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop teaspoon amounts on cookie sheet, leaving a inch for the cookies to grow. Flatten a bit with fork. Note have a cup of water ready to keep dipping your spoon/fork into to keep it from sticking.

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes, Cool on a rack. Makes about 3 – 4 dozens depending on your “teaspoon”

my flour:
2 cups flour = 3/4 cup brown rice flour + 1/2 cup almond meal + 1/4 cup sweet rice + 1/2 cup tapioca starch + 1 tbsp powdered milk.*
Bulk:*
3 cups brown rice + 2 cups almond meal + 1 cup sweet rice + 2 cups tapioca + 1 /4 cup powdered milk*
Note: if you make it up in bulk then keep it in a tightly closed container in the fridge.

Missing my art class today. Deep snow I can handle, freezing rain I am not risking. I watched people sliding along the sidewalk while I was having lunch and decided I was not risking my bones (besides my joints hurt). Maybe I should paint anyway.

I am almost finished all the presents. I will wrap and pack up today and ship stuff tomorrow.

I hope you feel better.
Some people like using coconut butter as a replacement for butter. Old recipes I have also use fruit puree for some of the oils.