This is not much of a post. I just didn’t want to let the first snow of the season arrive unacknowledged. I wait all year for the first snow. It’s what I love about winter. First, you notice that the sky has gone a certain shade – battleship gray is the best way to describe it. Then, you smell it. The air has a certain crispy coldness to it. It’s the fragrance of snow.
The first coating is a fine crystalline dust that sticks to plants, roofs, and automobiles. Flakes dance and flirt with each other on the breeze. Sound is muffled and at one point it seems that the earth is still and at peace.
I love snow.
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/10/pumpkin_pie_oatmeal.html
What’s not to love? Oatmeal, yum! Pumpkin, double yum! Pie, yowzah yum! I just love autumn!
1 cup old fashioned oats not quick cook
1 Tbs whole flax seeds (optional)
2½ Tbs brown sugar, packed
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp allspice
? tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp vanilla
½ tsp lemon zest
2 tsp butter, softened
¾ cup pumpkin puree
¾ cup milk
Topping:
¼ cup pecans, chopped
2 tsp butter, softened
1 Tbs brown sugar
Preheat oven 375 F. Grease 4 ramekins and set aside. Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and lemon zest with wet ingredients in another bowl. Pour pumpkin mixture into the oat mixture and combine. Divide mixture among the 4 ramekins and bake for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, mix topping ingredients. Divide among baked oatmeal and place in hot oven for 7 more minutes. Serve warm with a splash of milk.
Originally posted at Craftzine.com
Isn’t this the truth? (she says as she looks around the mess at the end of the living room). I admire people who can keep neat homes. I used to keep a neat home – when I was working 12 hour days, 6 days a week. Hmmmm, technically I was living there, just not enough of the day to mess up the space. Ironically, my office space when I worked outside of the home was always extremely neat and organized. I think it’s because I always thought of it as public space. Plus, if clutter is procrastination and work is not a place where you can easily procrastinate, then you can’t possibly have a messy desk, right?
Or maybe I just wasn’t busy enough to clutter my desk? Oy vey!
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