I really don’t like winter.

It has been snowing since last night and it will continue to do so for at least two more days. The flakes are smaller though so it only builds up rather slowly. I really don’t like winter! It does look like people are taking it easy in the traffic though, so far I’ve only read about one accident involving two cars and a bus.

I don’t think I would have hated it this much if it wasn’t for the wind, it reaches all the way in to the forest as well and since I wear glasses it only takes five seconds before I can’t see anything πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ I wouldn’t have moved outside the garden at all if it wasn’t for the dogs πŸ™‚ They didn’t seem to be bothered at all and they followed tracks not visible because of the new snow that covered them. I must say they did behave really well today and I didn’t hear especially much whining from Alma, perhaps she has finally understood that it isn’t necessary to make sound all the time πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ Well I doubt it but I value the times she actually is quiet πŸ™‚

I wished that I had something sweet to have with my tea but had nothing at home and no matter how much I wanted something I sure wouldn’t drive anywhere in this weather, so I baked a sponge cake (the Swedish name for it would be sugar cake and thinking about how much sugar there is in a sponge cake I think our name is more appropriate πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ ). I checked online for gluten free ones and as always I didn’t follow the recipe especially much πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ Most of those recipes says to use a flour mix and those flour mixes are usually just some kind of starch and usually taste horrible. So I took what I had and I must say that it turned out so well that I wish I could remember what I used πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

There was a tiny forest mouse in the trap this morning and since I thought it shouldn’t sit in that tiny space I moved it to the travel cage I bought. When I came down to fetch it and walk to the forest with it the little bugger had chewed its way through the plastic!! I hadn’t even gone an hour! so from now on they’ll need to stay in the trap and have a much more uncomfortable journey to the forest. I can hear it in the walls and I think it is laughing at me πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

It is time for that last cup of tea and I’ll have what’s left of the sponge cake πŸ™‚ I did put half a banana in it but to be honest I couldn’t feel any banana taste. I guess it wasn’t ripe enough and perhaps I should have used the entire banana and not just half of it. I’ll know better the next time this happen πŸ™‚

Have a great day!

2 thoughts on “I really don’t like winter.

  1. It does look miserably cold. All we have here is rain and fog. It did clear up a bit today, so we took a walk around the neighborhood. The camellias aren’t blooming right now but the bushes are full of buds.

    I am interested to find out if you recall the ingredients for your impromptu sponge cake. It sounds most intriguing.

    Happy New Year!

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    1. Hi Carol!

      I would take the rain and fog right now πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚
      We’ll get more snow tomorrow and yesterday they guessed that it would get much colder but at the moment slightly less cold instead πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ Anyway it will stay below 32F so the snow will stay. Camellias can’t make it here but it’s relative the Tea bush can but I doubt it would show signs of buds yet. I have my tea bush in the cellar so I know I’ll have it next year as well, they are a bit too expensive to just try and see what happens πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

      This is a gluten free sponge cake though. so I had mostly oat flour and I think I had some potato flour as well and with psyllium seeds in it that replace the gluten in normal wheat flour. Also I did put in vanilla sugar and I think it was some clove as well plus half a banana πŸ™‚ Next Tim I’ll use a really ripe banana so the taste shows much better πŸ™‚

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