No Christmas Star

Yesterday we had snow all day. Nothing serious, but it was too overcast for us to see the Christmas Star. 

Definitely having put less energy and time for holiday preparation this year.... We are not baking cookies, but I baked cheesecake today. I also finished gift wrapping. Two more days of SERIOUS work before Christmas!

Holiday Card Production

Since Joe continued hunting into December, I had to wait for his hunting result before finalizing our holiday greetings. That meant I couldn't print my block print images. Finally last week I spent a half day printing. Hmmmm... the smell of wet ink!

And today I put the final touches, folded, addressed, sealed, stamped... I was like a pre-email secretary in office 9 to 5. Almost.  My job is done!

End of Deer Season

Joe is officially done with his hunting season... without fresh venison in our freezer. Though he hunted a few more weekend days during muzzleloader season, he saw less and less deer signs. Joe really tried this year. 

That didn't stop us from enjoying a tasty consolation prize. 

On an unrelated note we just cooked corned beef and cabbage the other day. In this weird 2020, we thought why not St. Patrick's Day in December? 

Joe's Buck Fever... Continues

The rifle part of deer season is over with.... Joe ended up sitting out in his blind till the very end of the last day (Nov. 30). Yet his scruffy deer hunter's beard says he's not done. He went back out this time with his muzzleloader over the weekend. NOTHING. Absolutely not a track. The reason of his hope is the earlier trail cam pictures like the one below. A very nice 8-point and an even bigger 9-point may still be around....