Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful.
It is unreasonably cold outside, and it has been for more than 24 hours.
Freezing. Below freezing. With wind.
It's so cold that something happened to our electricity, and the power went out last night. It was out all night long, and when it came on again around 4 AM, it was only about 55 degrees in the house.
It was too cold to sleep, and everyone was awake, so I started baking.
Standing next to the warm oven in a cold kitchen is a good strategy.
I made a quiche for us to eat for lunch before the Christmas Eve service at church.
I made the yule log cake for Christmas dinner, and I baked another batch of chocolate chip cookies, since the first batch had already disappeared.
I also made these peppermint pinwheels, which are so pretty to look at.
They taste good, too.
