The difference a day makes...

A sweet present from my sister.. 

Hello everyone.. 

Thanks for dropping by the Blessed Hearth.. 

As you know we Canadians have kind of a weather penchant..

But to be fair I think we have reason to... eh? 

smile.. 

Yesterday was a lovely day.. 

The sun was shining in the family room windows.. 

Lighting up my new cushion that I found at a thrift shop last week.. 

And looking out those windows we spied this sweet thing.. 

It is a Morning Dove, I believe..

As you can see there is not any snow.. 

Due to rain and mild temps for a couple of days our snow had disappeared..

But this what we saw out the same windows this morning.. 

It actually snowed all day and we received 28 cm. here in the south of the province although they had 38 in Fredericton.. .. 

Not all that bad, really.. 

Since I knew there was a storm coming yesterday I made a nice large Chicken and Wild Rice soup but we ate it all.. 

Terry really liked it as he was in the woods all day and needed the sustenance ... smile.. 

So ... 

I decided to make a pizza for lunch.. 

I haven't made one for awhile so we enjoyed it.. 

Terry enjoys meat so I make his 2/3 with meat and mine is all veggies.. 

I noticed that my bulbs had finally blossomed ...

Love my plants during the Winter.. 

Do you girls have lots of plants growing ?

I made some of my vinegar hair rinse, sewed up some cushion covers, did dishes and tried to find some ideas for Keepers.. 

Terry went out and cleared the drive and walkways.. 

All day our youngest son was on our minds as his business is snow removal during the Winter...

He loves it, though.. smile.. 

Another day draws to a close and a bowl of fish chowder on our lap is just lovely...  

Thank you so much for your visit and I wanted to say that I am so enjoying your lovely comments and I hope that you readers enjoy each other comments, too.. 

You are all so interesting..

I wanted to include a couple of requested recipes .. 

Sorry, I was so long on this one. Karen.. 

Hot Veggie Pickles.. 

1 quart cider vinegar

3 quarts water 

1/2 cup of coarse salt 

hot peppers of choice and to taste.  

I use 3 pieces of jalapeno peppers which is quite mild ... 

1/8 tsp. veggie oil per quart.. 

This batch of brine does 6 quarts of pickles.. 

Peel carrots, cut up sweet peppers, onions, cukes, green beans, lots of cauliflower and such of your choice to fill 6 sterilized quarts ..

Bring brine to boil and pour over veggies.. 

Add veggie oil and seal with sterilized lids ...

That is all there is to it... 

Now, for Linda dear.. 

Soup Herb Bags... 

The link to the post is HERE 

That is all for tonight, dear hearts.. 

Looking forward to hearing from you all both here on the blog and and the Face Book page.. 

Remember, you do not need to belong to FB to click in on the sidebar at the top and see what is going on.. 

My dear aunt who I mentioned visiting us last weekend is now in the hospital ... 

Please keep her in prayer.. 

Her name is Aunt Eleanor.. 

Thank you.. 

God bless... 

Storm Day in New Brunswick..

Hello dear hearts...

So glad you dropped by and sure 

hope all is well..

We woke up to the blizzard that has been sweeping the U. S. and now the Eastern seaboard of Canada.. 

Last night I had made a few preps in case the hydro went out.. 

So far so good, though.. 

At least I have a wonderfully hot thermos of coffee if it is required..

And lots of milk.. 

 smile.. 

I spent some time today working on my calender..

I posted about it before HERE... 

I had made it last year as I love the UK Country Living one but I could not afford theirs so I made my own.. 

All I had to do was change the calender year pages.. 

2012 to 2013..

Then I needed to make a meal.. 

Pork Tenderloin (trying out a new recipe from Bon Appetite.. 

Scalloped Potatoes and Salad...

And I wanted to show you the thrift store find I bought yesterday.. 

It is an old silver small teapot, sugar and creamer.. 

With the letter H...

The red you see in it is reflected from my top.. smile.. 

Now another evening is rolling around..

Tomorrow is the Lord's Day again.. 

I so hope the roads will be ploughed so we can attend church..

This is Canada after all and we are used to this.. 

There have been cancellations but once it stops it all goes forward.. 

Kind of feel sorry for some friends who went to Connecticut for a huge conference that ended up being cancelled.. 

They are all stuck in hotels and not even allowed on the roads.. 

Oh my... 

I pray that God will give them all safe travelling mercies back home...

Anyway... 

May God bless you all and have an awesome weekend.. 

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