Eat. Drink. Live.
After the present opening chaos, we took a nice walk, did a few chores around the house, and had our traditional tamale supper. Merry Christmas!
Christmas morning for a seven-year-old! We slept til 9 (go Sammy!) and opened gifts by the fire. Sam got: a LOL doll, a Beanie Boo, a joke book, Squishmallows, binoculars, an Electromagnetic toy kit, a rocket toy kit, a LOT […]
We celebrated in the traditional way, by attending the early Christmas Eve service and dining at Sondra and Leigh’s afterward. We had oysters — Pemaquids, this time, from a great mail-order company we just discovered called Real Oyster Cult — […]
When you don’t do carbs, but you want something like mashed potatoes to go with your big holiday meal. Or just your roast chicken. This recipe is super-easy, and very, very rich. There is more butter in this than I […]
This year, for the winter party at Sam’s school, the children were asked to do a project that represents their holiday traditions. Sam chose cutting down our Christmas tree (a long-standing SCF tradition that dates back to 2017). We came […]
Some photos from the rehearsal for the Christmas Pageant.
A big day at church today. I took the camel from the Christmas pageant home for repairs. Then brought it back at 4 p.m. for the Messiah Sing. I sat with the altos and did the best I could. More […]
The 2018 Christmas tree, friends. No Radko ornaments this year. I couldn’t bring myself to bring up 5 boxes from the basement. I think it looks pretty good!
Cutting down our own tree is a tradition we started just last year, but one we really look forward to. And our Christmas trees are healthier and last longer because of it. Merry Christmas!
It was time. The old bows were ratty and ripped. I ordered new ones, handmade by TheHandmadeBow.com, and was so pleased! Beautiful and well made. Nice to have an update for the holiday season.
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
