cookies, coffee & Christmas

 Good morning from the farm!

 Golden hour comes early this time of year

 Winters are for coffee dates!

 SNOW

 Shoveling snow

Moving snow, Bobcat style. 

P.s. Peter is an expert!

 Evening snowfall was so pretty

 Yes, farmers are still trying to harvest the corn. Doing lots of drying too.

 Cookie exchange

My group of coffee ladies 

Light up my world!

Spoiled chickens lead to lots of eggs!     Double yolks!

 Snowblowing

 Baking to the extreme! (p.s. i am very tired in this pic)

 Left: Galaxy Girl~    Right: Lefse Lady~

 Sandbakkels

 Cutting

 Peanut butter blossoms

 Gingerbread men tray

 Fudge!

 So....

 ...much...

 ....sugar....

 ....cookies!

 

More gingerbread men

 WOW. I made over 300 cookies for Christmas trays!

 Here are the trays were laid out.

 Another beautiful sunset......I lived for these during the long days in the kitchen.

Hazy, snow falling softly church photo

 Frosty Minnesota trees

 Squad

 Got to use the helmet my friend Laura bought for me last summer.

 Gearing up to play in the soft powder!

Polishing the blue!

Christmas Hot chocolate and after church pictures

 Photogenic tree against the evening sky

 Made my first Charcuterie board (it's a French thing)

 Delicious summer sausage, smoked cheddar cheese, black pepper cheese, apple cinnamon cheddar, smoked Gouda cheese, hardboiled eggs, Dot's pretzels, Salami, hickory smoked turkey, dried apples, chicken and biscuit crackers, Gouda triscuits, & grapes.

Gotta layer up this winter on the cold nights to check on my birds. P.s. I can't forget the headlamp, those have been my saving grace lately, so handy!

 A beautiful, thoughtful, from the heart, Christmas gift.

Merry Christmas! Mexican style!