An Icy Wednesday

Yesterday

we had freezing drizzle

Which iced our drive, our sidewalks and our brick streets

It was slick out

For both cars and people

Not a big layer of ice -- just enough to coat everything and make it slick!

So we spent the day indoors

With a hambone that I brought home from Minnesota

(thanks Sarah and Andy)

I made a pot of beans

Which was supper

In the breakfast room

With a "fire" in this tove

This week's tablecloth (a new one) on the table.

I really prefer the  squares for this table for I like to see the wood

But yet, I do like a table covering

Everyday linen napkins

A bowl of apples as the centerpiece

And the blue and white (of course!)

Three cruets of pepper vinegar/sherry

Cast iron skillet cornbread (made even better with bacon grease)

And the blue and white transfer ware!

Great Northern Beans

(Jim's favorite)

And plenty of ham for it was a very meaty hambone!

This afternoon, I kept the kitchen warm

by using overly ripe bananas

To make four mini loaves of banana bread

(A great tea treat this week)

And a batch of

White chocolate chip and walnut cookies

The forecast is another thin layer of ice tonight
followed by snow.

After a perfect and warm December
it seems that winter has finally come to the prairie.

Since it's Thursday, I'm sharing my table with Susan at Between Naps On The Porch for Tablescape Thursday.