Baking Comforting Treats!
This winter season Corgyncombe has seen several Nor'easters in a row, resulting in deep snow, blustery winds, and below zero windchills!
Hannah has been doing a lot of baking in her cozy, warm kitchen.
She has decided to make an old fashioned gingerbread cake.
Hannah has gathered the ingredients which include Corgyncombe Dairy Goat Carmella Lucille's fine milk and butter (goat's butter is white), and Phidelia Finch's egg. The jug holds treacle.
Phidelia Finch at Corgyncombe
Hannah creams the butter, sugar and spices well together.
The apple tree near the garden where the little wren lives in the nesting season.
When the snow disappears, early scented violets will grow nearby, amongst the first flowers of spring.
Early in the morn, 'tis so sweet to find dear little bird feet lead right up to my door. They are awaiting my coming forth with a bucket of bird seed, nourishment against the wind and cold.
A dear little sparrow atop some cornstalks in the snow of a Nor'easter.
The tassels on the cornstalks look much like the markings on the sparrow.
Hannah does her baking and cooking on a "Little Fanny" wood cookstove.
The scent of the spices in Hannah's gingerbread make her kitchen smell delightful!
After she washes dishes and tidies up, Hannah has a cup of tea.
She remembers the apple tree where the wren will return to and the fragrant violets that are now under all that snow and will bloom again in spring.
The snow is up to the spout on the pump.
'Tis snowing, blustery and cold!
Edward comes in from the barn and Hannah serves him a slice of her old fashioned gingerbread.
Gingerbread and warm goat's milk, a comforting treat on a cold winter's eve.
There is still snow aplenty on the fields, woods, gardens and lawns at Corgyncombe!
We hope our Dear Readers have a lovely Resurrection Sunday!
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