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Weekend Memories

This picture pretty much sums up the temperatures here in Oregon.  Everything outside is frozen solid.  I suppose we’ll now call this the bird’s ice skating rink.

These ice puddles are also everywhere at the vineyard property where we continue to work even though conditions outside are less than favorable.  It’s supossed to be colder tomorrow, sixteen I think…yikes.

However, all the holiday decorating is done so that is one major stress relief.  Here is my favorite ornament, which is much larger than it appears…he-he.

Since we celebrate Christmas and Hannukah, the house is overall very festive.  I love this cheesy electric menorah as much as the Christmas trees.

My boys did get some bowling in at Walnut City Lanes for a birthday party.  They loved it of course.

And I finally stopped at my one of my favorite family farms in town, Schmidt Farm, and picked up my roasted hazelnuts, walnuts and prunes for holiday baking.  When I walk in this place the warmth and smell of the hazelnuts roasting send me into a buying frenzy.  If that’s their marketing plan, it works.

I killed my poinsettias.  I have always kept them outdoors…in California. So without thinking it through, I put them outdoors here in Oregon.  Needless to say, they don’t like 20 degree temperatures.  I don’t blame them.

And I bought more, new holiday teas!!

I also finally started our Noble Pig Vineyards Facebook page, join us if you haven’t already!!

How was your weekend?

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  2. LOVE the ornaments – tear for the pointsetias… They are nice indoors- and here in Minnesota, i’m lucky if I can get them to survive until Christmas even inside. Oh, well. The tree makes everything alright. Is there a story behind the ring? I love the ornament stories>>>

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  10. Holy cold! Supposed to get 6-9 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow! Snow day???

    Fresh roasted hazelnuts??? I want some! Do they have a website?

    Busy, busy! And breathe…..Have a great week, Cathy!

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  12. And I thought we had a cold weekend getting down to 33 degrees. That’s a heat wave compared to your weekend. I can just imagine how cold it is out there stick picking. I admire you for getting out there and making the best of it. Your hard work will pay off, I’m quite sure. I went to the Facebook page and became a fan. I can’t seem to get enough of Noble Pig! lol

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  14. Ummm…yeah. You know I know about the killing the plants thing. It’s been so cold here that everything has either been inside or bundled up like the kid brother in ‘A Christmas Story’. Maybe now all I need is a Red Ryder BB gun to kill them when I know they’re done & they haven’t quite figured it out.

    😉

    Oh and the Hooligans look adorable. Your youngest has curly hair like Mr. Snoots. I love it! They are both so gorgeous & wholesome looking.

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  16. Brrrrrrrrr!!! We are experiencing the very same weather, and you know, I just want to stay indoors and cook and bake all those yummy recipes you posted that I have been unable to find time for. I think I will be staying in all week…your bird bath / skating rink looks beautifully forbidding to birds, kind of lie the outdoors right now.

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  21. I think I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again – I absolutely LOVE that you share Oregon with us, so thank you so much! Your efforts are appreciated. Don’t you just love the symmetry of the hazelnut orchards too? They amazed me the first time I saw them. Weather’s bad here too – we had a storm blow through last night that was incredible and I can’t see the mountains this morning, which means it’s snowing up there. Yup -snow in Tucson. Who’da thunk.

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  22. OMG, I can’t even imagine what roasted hazelnuts would smell like – yum!

    I am really liking pecans lately – I am posting a recipe tonight for toasted pecan pancakes – they were so good!

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  25. We usually have 1 week of really hot and 1 week of really cold weather here. It’s almost over. Have you tried wearing a couple of pair of laytex gloves under the ones you use for work at the vineyard. Might help.

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  26. My weekend was fab….Saturday, we celebrated Sinterklaas….no relation to Santa. We’re Nigerian and we celebrated with Dutch friends – it was amazing to see how it is celebrated, the food and the ‘suprises’ – camouflaged gifts, some elaborately disguised. Lovely

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  27. I was a bit put off by this weekend’s weather. I was out at the barn, complaining about the cold. There was some snow, but it was mostly north of me. I hardly saw more than sleet close to home.

    Thanks to your photos of ice puddles and 16 degree temps, I will now stop complaining about temps that barely drop to freezing at night. New York is nice and toasty warm!

    That is a beautiful birdbath/skating rink BTW. Can’t wait to see what you’ll be baking with those supplies.

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  28. Poor poinsettias! I can’t keep them alive either.
    I’ve never smelled the scent of hazelnuts roasting. But if it smells anything like hazelnut coffee, it’s got to smell heavenly.
    My weekend? Just like my weekdays…busy, busy, busy!

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  36. Lovely photos. “Bird’s ice skating rink” – LOL! So hard to imagine how cold it must be over there. Where I am, the temps can sometimes go up to as high as 30C during the holidays. ^_^

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