Amaryllis and Christmas Goodies

 

I suggested to my husband that I would like an amaryllis for Christmas. He bought me two! In the past the plant has been in a pot. I have never seen them attached to a decorative board. On Christmas day none of the blossoms were visible. Today the first bloom opened fully. You can see there are some more flowers slowly opening.

The bulb on the other board has growth, but not yet stems.

It will be nice to have a second plant that blooms later in the winter.

We still have Christmas goodies to eat.

I bought the Cheryl's cookies for myself. I froze some of them. Just 5 left on the plate. 

The red tin holds the last of the Moose Munch. There were 3 bags, and I must confess though they were a gift to my husband, I am the one who has eaten most of it. We did get an early pre-Christmas start to munching.

The See's walnut fudge I just opened up today. I have been saving it for this weekend. I had a piece at lunch. Delicious!

Still have in the jar peppermint pretzels that I bought pre-COVID. I opened the large bag around Thanksgiving time. We are still working on the tuxedo cake I bought on sale at Costco. I froze some of it; looks like we will finish the unfrozen pieces for New Year's Eve for my husband's birthday. I am grateful that I did not lose my sense of smell or taste from the COVID infection. 

HAPPY 2024 TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Goodies

 I ordered some Cheryl's cookies to brighten our days. They are individually wrapped; we will try to stretch out our eating of them.

One of the churches in Winona Lake makes and sells peanut brittle as a fundraiser for their projects. They usually sell the patties at the holiday craft bazaars and do quite well. Of course this year there are no bazaars. They are selling the candy from the church office during set hours they advertise in the local newspaper. I picked up one package of 3 patties last week. We have nibbled a few pieces, but because I bought an apple pie and some mini cupcakes as part of my Thursday grocery pickup order, we are mostly saving the brittle for later. 

On a totally different and sad note, our county had 5 deaths from COVID in the past week, including the man that caused the scare from my husband eating breakfast with him. One of the ladies in the Grace Village choir is also ill with the virus. The number of cases is spiking. God was merciful to us or we might be among those cases.

This pandemic is going to last a long time. Cookies and peanut brittle help to make the days special and cheer us a bit.