December's Been A Blur

This month has been a blur, but I've managed to snap a few photos to remind me just how beautiful it can be.  Last week's slush storm, above.

A platoon of Santas at Genevieve's Chocolates, an old school candy shop in Garfield, NJ.

More Genevieve's

My favorite ornament on the tree

Through the water glass.

Climbing hydrangea

Ginger Stout Cake, recipe from The Marrow

Sporobolus wrightii, making a statement in the sun.

One of the reindeer on Christmas Eve.

When a daughter shops for her mom.

Merry Christmas to me (thanks Grace!)

Stuffed pork loin on Christmas.

What a great month.  

Be well.

Warm Fall

I've learned not to be disappointed when we have (more frequently lately) a warm, late autumn and the virburnum farreri 'Nanum' blooms.  It smells so great...and the garden is mostly headed off to sleep right now.

It's out of my hands, like a lot of things these days.