Okay! Basically no snow on December 15th: On the 16th, I made this pull-apart cake for a church potluck. I would never have thought to do something like this on my own, so thank you to whoever first came up with this candy-cane pull-apart cake idea! Then also on the 16th, a couple of sunset pictures. And some clouds to the south of us that looked like waves. On the 18th, some clouds looking like they were rolling over us like waves. Sunset on the 19th, with three jet contrails going through it. The sun looked neat peeking out from between the clouds on the morning of the 20th. Later that day, I got a picture of a woodpecker on the bird feeder, and then later another batch of sugar cookies that I made. This time I decorated them right off. Sunrise on the morning of the 21st, and then later I grouped three cookies with my favourite designs together. Sunrise yesterday morning... and one shot of an ornament hanging in the foreground with the sunrise in the background. Also yesterday, I shut off the light in my small office space and lit a candle instead. First I held it up by one of my hanging Christmas decorations, and then I set it down on my desk so it was lighting up my journal. There's something about the sight of an empty page waiting to be filled, with a pencil lying on top, and the area bathed in candlelight that I really like. And finally, just this afternoon, the backyard. Still no snow... and it's been above zero almost every day this past week or two, so it's felt like it's either October or April - anything but December. It feels weird to think that it's the middle of December right now, and yet it still looks like we should be doing farm work outside. Well, this was my last post before Christmas, so merry Christmas to everyone!
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My favourite Christmas carol is Silent Night. Often when I pull out a Christmas CD to listen to (especially if it's a new CD I haven't heard before), I'll scan the list of songs to see if Silent Night is included. I love listening to all the different arrangements. The lyrics of the song were written by Joseph Mohr in 1816 Austria, and the music was composed two years later by Franz Xaver Gruber. By the 1840s, the song had been heard and performed over quite a distance, its first performance in the United States being in 1839. I find this following story amazing. It's said that on Christmas Eve 1914, five months after World War 1 began, a German soldier began singing Silent Night, first in German and then again in English. Being also familiar with this song, the Allied soldiers sang back. And then both sides put down their guns and met in the middle of No Man's Land, singing carol after carol and exchanging stories and gifts with each other. Although the war would continue to rage for another four years, for now the artillery was silent as a truce was called throughout the Christmas holidays. Silent Night is my favourite Christmas carol, but I also enjoy a number of other Christmas carols - listening to them, singing them, playing them on my cello and the piano. Some of the other ones I like are: Joy to the World; Angels We Have Heard on High; O Come All Ye Faithful; O Holy Night; Hark the Herald Angels Sing; What Child is This; O Sing a Song of Bethlehem; and I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. I think that part of the wonder of the season is all of beautiful songs written about the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Music is an amazingly powerful thing. What's your favourite Christmas carol? I think I decided to post today because... okay, I'm not sure why. Maybe because I thought I was going to forget or something. But anyway, it's been ten days since the last time I posted, so I figured it was about time to get some more pictures up. I guess it's not a surprise anymore, but the snow melted again. This morning it sounded like we might get snow this evening, but the whole system of snow floated by just south of us. You'd hardly know this was Alberta with how little snow we have. Anyway, here's some pictures I've taken over the last week and a half. On December 4th, I opened an egg carton (all the eggs were from our own hens) and thought it looked neat with all the different-coloured eggs. On the 5th, I looked out the front window, happened to glance down at the stones lining the perimeter of my mom's flowerbed, and thought it looked kind of funny how the cats had walked carefully down the center of the perimeter. The snow melted again on the 6th. Then it snowed on the 7th. Left to right: Snowy backyard; Christmas ornaments hanging in front of the window, framing the snow-covered mountain ash tree; chickadee having lunch; snow piling up on the tree branches. Asparagus fields on the 8th: Sunset on the 13th: Snow-less backyard today: And I just finished making sugar cookies. My sister pulled a bag of Christmas sprinkles out of the pantry, so I used those in some of the cookies. Even though it doesn't look like it, we are only eleven days away from Christmas! Have a good weekend!
It started snowing last night and by this morning it had stopped, but not before it laid a decent amount of snow on the ground. I didn't actually go out and measure it, but I'd say we got an inch or so?
Although it sounds like it might all melt again . . . it was above zero today and I'm told it's supposed to be above zero tomorrow too, so we might lose it all. This is a very interesting experience - I don't think I can remember a single year in the past where we were into December and still having fall weather. It's crazy! Anyway, here are a couple shots I took of the snow this morning. It should be Photos of the Month... I have three again :D
The first one is a sunrise on November 10th. The second one is the trees and the grass surrounded by the remainder of an old fence, waiting for snow to fall (November 17th). The third one was the sunset last night, with an old jet contrail stretching across the upwards-pointing ray of sunlight. |
AuthorHi, I'm Leah! I'm a college student, and I'm the Shop Supervisor here at Cornerstone Acres. I love to read, write, and spend time out in God's creation. I'm looking forward to sharing our farm experiences with you through this blog! "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him." ~Colossians 1:16, KJV
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