Winter Notes- Friday, January 26th- Unexpected snowfall....no grocery shopping.

 Art by Stephanie Maclean.

Took me over an hour to get to this page so I could post....not sure what's happening at Blogger but I was getting really worried... I could read all of YOUR blog posts and my own but couldn't open a new page here.....finally...so a snow covered Maine on January 26th.  Not as colorful as this image.

I started the day with a hot shower and a smaller bowl of oatmeal....son says the serving I had been eating was MASSIVE.   I have also set a pot on the stove to simmer- Pantry Soup. From the first week of the Pandemic Shut Down.  I did the recipe to the letter...no additions no changes....I was really messing a good soup up......

If you recall one of the past renditions of this soup recipe was carried to the compost pile.  It was so salty.  I had some of everything that went into the soup- why it's called Pantry Soup. Usually I don't have cabbage....but you all know there was one in the crisper drawer..... much discussed by my Son.

Son just asked if I added some of the vegetables in the BIG BAG IN THE FREEZER.  Oh.  I went and looked.  Yes, indeed there IS a big bag of assorted vegetables in the freezer.... I can always add some later if we need them.  I was thinking, when I bought the BIG BAG OF VEGETABLES,---that they would be a nice addition to Future Soup this Winter.  Like the New York Times recipe I had been making. Had Been.

Daughter and Son cleared all the snow and ice yesterday and we woke to see so much MORE snow....Daughter was not happy....she has to shovel her driveway AGAIN.  After shoveling ours yesterday. The Town Plow has deposited a quantity of snow at the bottom of the driveway.  We are waiting to see if it changes to rain.....before going out to shovel.

I know Son is worried about Sunday Football Pizza.... daughter spoke of Nachos yesterday....now I am thinking about them.  But we have no chips.  Or cheese.  sigh.  Shopping Tomorrow... Soup Today.