Archive for December, 2012
First Golf in a Month
Posted by nbdog in Golf, Uncategorized on 30-Dec-2012
Finally, we had one of those lovely winter mornings: a wee bit of frost with bright sunshine and no wind. I dashed over to Mt. Si to get in a round before the Seahawks’ 1:25 kickoff. The rust showed and I settled for a blase 90 but on such a glorious day it was wonderful just to be outside.
Mt. Si from 7th fairway.
Getting Ready for Arizona
Christmas Day 2012
Whew… what a gloomy Christmas Day in North Bend. Blowing rain with temp at 38 degrees. But that didn’t stop us from our regular holiday delivery of Christmas cookies for our neighbors. In addition to the traditional iced sugar cookies I tried out five other recipes, all of which yielded acceptable results. The real surprise was the oatmeal cocoa bars (the Saran-wrapped chunks in the middle here). They turned out like a very light brownie and I suspect they would be especially tasty with a lump of vanilla ice cream.
Cookies being prepared for dlivery
Over the Hump
Today was the shortest day of the year; tomorrow we get 4 seconds more of daylight. By the end of January it will be an hour and twenty-seven minutes more with sunset occurring at 5:10 instead of 4:21. By the first week of February, I may be able to tee off at my regular 7:30 am time. Just about 180 days until June 20th’s sixteen hours of daylight.
Sunrise at Bandon Dunes, Oregon
Yummmm!
The brownie chocolate chip cheesecake turned out great. I let it cool overnight then just had to have a tiny wedge for breakfast this morning.
Real Winter
After a couple of small dustings earlier, today we got a more serious taste of winter. It’s still not cold enough for lots of accumulation but we do have a couple of inches of sloppy slush to navigate through. The good news is, Saturday the days start getting longer again! This afternoon, we did a little pre-Christmas baking, testing a couple of new recipes including a chocolate ship brownie cheesecake. I can’t wait for that little treat to emerge from the oven.
Vinyl Cafe
Posted by nbdog in Entertainment on 14-Dec-2012
This evening we attended a performance of The Vinyl Cafe, where Stuart McLean taped the Christmas show for his immensely entertaining radio program. Mr. McLean is an wonderfully gifted story-teller, of course, and the accompanying musicians and singers were no less talented. Pianist John Sheard was superb and the “Vinylettes” vocal trio were equally impressive. The three-hour show passed by in a flash and we had a great time. We were doubly pleased to have a calm, rain-free weather night and not too challenging Friday evening traffic into Seattle.
Brrr… First Snow of the Winter
I was fantasizing for a while that maybe we just might get through December and not get any snow until 2013. Alas, that won’t be the case. We awoke this morning to see a coating of wet snow. This is a later date than most years for a first snowfalls so we can’t whine too much.
Hunkered Down
Posted by nbdog in Around the house, Weather on 8-Dec-2012
It’s the first really wintery weekend this year so I’m hunkered down working on Christmas and seasonal projects. I continue to tinker with my U.S. stamp collection. I’ve been adding images to the database, a tedious task but one that adds a lot to the browsing experience.
The temperature was below 40 degrees this morning and the snow is almost down to our elevation. But mostly, it’s just gray. Here’s the view from my office window–of course, there are snow-covered mountains lurking behind the dreary fog:
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