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A mug of hot chocolate on a chilly day is good for the body and soul.

"Keep calm...

...and carry on" --So says my desk calendar's December page.

I have been busy with work that I have not been taking photos and posting on this blog as often as I would like. It's not easy to stay creative when there seems not enough hours or daylight on one's day. 

Thank goodness for "December Reflections 2014", another wonderful and inspiring project by Susannah Conway!

 

 December 2014 will be quite different from December 2013 and I hope to take as much photos as I can and share them with here.

Looking forward to it :-)

First snow of the season with splashes of color

The Thanksgiving Weekend forecast went from cold, wet, and soggy with the promise (or threat) of snow. Saturday morning air was crisp and chilly but downtown Seattle just got a light dusting of snow. I didn't see much of the white stuff until we got on the freeway.

Once we reached our destination, there was barely any snow but a small patch of blue sky and something new caught my eye.

I am always drawn to my favorite shade of red...

...and those little things that other folks might not notice.

A sweet treat for Halloween

My chocolate cottage turned out nicely. Nutella was just the trick!

How Nutella saved a sweet little cottage...

Early this year, I received a lovely parcel of sweets 

from a friend living in Germany and among them was this...

 It appears that this box of chocolate would be appropriate for

Halloween and so I put it away while I sampled the rest of the

parcel's contents.

A few months later and a few days before Halloween, the box is opened--a few of the pieces didn't survive the journey but the chocolate cat and witch were intact.

 What to do with the damaged pieces of chocolate?!? Should I just eat them?!? Since I enjoy a challenge, I resisted the temptation and looked for a way to repair my chocolate.

I started with the witch's chocolate cottage (milk chocolate for the walls, vanilla bourbon white chocolate for the roof) using Nutella to "glue" the broken pieces.

The chocolate tree and chocolate children were also repaired.

To be continued...

 

The leaves are falling...

...and so are the prices at velonoir.etsy.com.