Some Grow It Hot!

One of our most anticipated holiday gifts these past few years has been wonderful, home-grown hot peppers from our friends' garden in Walnut Creek, CA. It's true that I personally also lust after their caper bush and meyer lemon tree output, not to mention the other wonderful produce! But the chiles, all kinds, are the best!

The peppers go a long way toward warming us up during the Big Chill.

Snow, Snow, Go Away - Come Again when we're up in Maine!

This past weekend marked the first big snow of the season. It was the energizer bunny of snowstorms - it kept going, and going, and going.... Quite a bit of time was spent shoveling out.

Scenes of Narnia's endless winter abounded - even with lampposts.

A greenhouse at Harvard was a festive sight.

Some of us shovelled less than others, preferring to spend time making canine snow angels, or "snow surfing" (Jim involuntarily!)

Still others of us just stood there getting a gentle white frosting. Or maybe not so gentle!

We got about 18 inches overall, with a soupcon of ice to make things interesting.