It Feels Like a Snow Day

Since Joe shot his buck on the opening day, he is enjoying his hunting vacation in comfort. Yesterday and today I'm also off from work, definitely enjoying the rare 2-days off with Joe. This morning it's been snowing pretty hard, making it feel almost like a snow day, though it is the happy snow-globe kind of snow. We had an oven-baked pancake and café au lait for breakfast. 3 things on our to-do list today are Joe to get a haircut (currently on it), bring Joe's deer to the butcher (will see if it fits back in the truck), and make a batch of gyoza dumplings. 

And we'll need to remove snow later. When Joe left for a haircut, the car already had 3-4 inches of snow. 

Joe the Mighty Hunter!

Joe's deer season officially started this morning at dawn and ended before lunch. At 9:50 he shot this beautiful 8-point, fully knowing he only had one deer tag to fill. 

So I fixed our opening day tonkatsu dinner earlier than planned.  

Then we went out for dessert and drinks... well we ended adding a couple small plates of tasty Cajun bites to celebrate Joe's hunting success. Now he can relax and enjoy some time off from work.

Winter Is Here

It's been a while... but we are still alive! My work is getting busier for the holiday season, and Joe is going out to bait his hunting spots often after work. We managed to take a trip westward in late October. We got to have our fix of best Gyros from Ashland, WI, and a relaxing visit in Ironwood. The Big Lake was roaring with strong northwestern winds mixed with snow. Brrrrrr. 

So came Winter. It is still hard to believe the opening day of deer season is in two days. The woods became a winter wonderland.

And it is the season for hot pot  (nabe) dinners. We've been enjoying nabe about a couple times a week. Also we found some persimmons at a store. Joe really liked persimmons last time we were in Japan, so he was thrilled to have some again.