I was most definitely not ready for having an entire day below freezing in November. 
Though I just checked the blog post for this date exactly a year ago and it was only marginally warmer. So why am I surprised.
Though no snow then. This is Boos first time seeing snow and as predicted he went bonkers and was mad as a Hatter all day.
We stayed below freeing all day so there was no point in putting out the washing.
Everyone went quiet and waited.
A good cold day means a good hot risotto and for a good risotto we need a very good stock.
I am at just over 10,000 words which is not bad for just over three days. Today I hope to write another 5 or 6,000 words actually. My characters have started to talk to each other and I love it when they chat. They can say all the words I don’t. And it is a kind of third party discovery. I have a clear day today. No need to go anywhere but the farmy and the keyboard.
Still cold. A good day for being inside..
Have a lovely day.
your friend, celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
42 responses to “The first Snow of the Winter”
Good for you with your progress on your writing!!! I am very impressed. Your snow looks about like ours here in Iowa. They “say” it is going to melt today but we shall see. It is really cold still so I can’t imagine it is going to disappear.
It’s close to freezing here. Must water a few plants to help them shake it off – we’ll be warm shortly for a day or two. The cool weather does energize the dogs even here: the German begs Molly to chase her. Molly just wants to box and romp. Different play styles. After a bit we had to bundle Molly off to play in a large fenced area with young friends – poor German was getting exhausted and tired of being slugged. She does have the weight to just shove Molly down and sit on her, which happens. But looking at Boo – you’ve got the same.
Love that picture with the tree with fall leaves with the cold background. I can just feel it all.
We have that pot! One of the first ones I bought. Spent many times with similar pots simmering on the cast iron stove which heated and cooked for my aunt’s little house ‘way out in the country. Snug in a winter house with words like a blanket. Enjoy the story!
Your landscape looks just like ours here in southern Minnesota. But the sun is shining and the temp is supposed to reach into the high 40s. I am hanging out my first load of laundry shortly. My fingers will freeze, but I’m determined.
Congrats on your writing progress.
My drains are so terribly blocked when we are frozen that i am saving my washing til later in the week.. ah well.. I will have to think of yours out there in the cold.. c
Ugh! I am not ready! Not at all. But by Friday we are supposed to have ‘something’. It can come now if it wants too…we are finally done with the corn!
Linda
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Not the S word! thank goodness all your crops are in though.. another season stashed away… c
Oh Boo! Kick up your heels and have the time of your life!!!! No flies! No mosquitoes or gnats! Woo hoo! A lot chilly, but everyone is bug free and that is wonderful! Even for us!
I am still in with this blasted sinus infection. Uffda…five more days of antibiotics! Then back to my elderberry syrup! Mmmmmm…..comforting! 😉 The medicine! Something going around. It is always best if I avoid crowds and people in close quarters at this time of the year and eat lots of healthy foods!
No more hanging clothes outside here either. I have one of those drying racks in the basement that I pull out and set close by the fireplace! Dries really fast! Got to put up the snow fences tomorrow…hope I am feeling better….
Made chicken soup yesterday! That kinda day! 🙂 Your stock looks very good! I could sip on that all day long!
Supposed to be in the 40s here til the end of the week! Yay! The sun is shining and I feel human again! LOL Sorry that your temps dropped so low. It is tough making the transition when the temps go up and down like they have been!
Good luck with the writing! I would love to proof read your story! If you would like someone to proof read any of it as you go along! Hint hint!!! 😉
Lots of hugs and good wishes for excellent health and no more snow til December! 😀 Definitely for Christmas!
That stock looks amazing! Good writing, friend. May the words flow.
I think I would just love to taste your risotto! I have never lived in snow, Celi, and as such, I find your landscape beautiful. Cold, yes, but beautiful! 🙂 Happy wiritng!
I think here in Chicago we were shocked by how fast the deep cold came on. One week it was in the 60s, next the 30s!
Bloody horrible, but I think it may be a wee bit warmer towards the end of the week!?
I’ll have some of the stock and you can hold on to the snow. 😉 We had a couple of mornings with a white frost, but back to a mild moist 10°C rain today and forecast to be much the same until after the weekend. I want to be inside with marmalade, sitting beside the stove and keeping an eye on your stock pot!
Marmalade spends all day asleep in Boos bed by the fire, this tiny scrap in this big bed… c
This is the first time I have ever seen Boo with his ears up!
Oh yeah, he does too! a happy BooBoo is a wild thing.. c
Brrrrrrrrrr! I would not share Boo’s enthusiasm!
If anything could sell cold weather, those pics would be it. From the exhuberance of Boo, the quiet contemplation of Kupa, the promise of warmth from the stockpot… the temperature doesn’t seem to matter quite so much 🙂
Wonderful photos tho’ I am glad to just see them on the screen! Thought it was ‘cold’ when I woke up this morning ~ hmm, the thermometer indoors said 14 C and we are ‘only’ meant to get to 24 C: boo!hoo! from totally spoilt brats!! So glad Boo took to the ‘white stuff’ . . . that you would be well advanced already however is absolutely no surprise at all! Enjoy! And the wash day will wait . . . 🙂 !
Seeing all that snow and cold makes me wonder if you are going to steal away for a bit of kiwi summer this year. Hope you were able to join me at the beach a couple of blog posts ago.
So beautiful and so cold! I remember well years in Indiana winters…