The first weekend in 2024 proved to be a busy one. On Friday we enjoyed a last minute open house at the home of our friends and met some of their neighbors. On Saturday a big pot of borsch was cooked from scratch with broth from a seven bone roast. A few quarts of borsch will be shared this week. One small pot was delivered to our neighbor.
On Saturday evening we attended a Karaoke party for a friend from church who turned 50. We met another couple from our community and had a nice time getting to know each other. There have been lots of predictions of snow that didn’t materialize until Sunday in the wee hours. We woke up to a pretty blanketed landscape.
The following collage is photos of our ride into church on Sunday morning. Our series in Colossians continues to be excellent.
We didn’t have anymore snow on Sunday but they are threatening us with more starting Monday Evening into Tuesday. Time will tell if they are right.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
I’ve been enjoying your blog posts and send greetings for the new year 2024. The snow there looks pretty and being able to get to church and fellowship with friends and family is a blessing.
What a lovely view looking out that window!
The snow scenes look beautiful. I love your view out the window. Take care, have a great week!
…I love your winter wonderland.
Magical photos of the snow. Send some of it our way please 🙂 B x
Such a good picture of you and your husband, Ellen. And the Borsch looks SO good. Makes me wish I was your neighbor. 🙂 The snow pictures are beautiful!
What beautiful photos!
Thank you for this delightful post Ellen. Your get-togethers sounded wonderful and I loved the snow photos.
Those connections with friends old and new are precious aren’t they?
And I love your tray with birds. Will admire your snow from the safe seats.
The trees look so pretty sprinkled with the snow.
Soup looks delicious.
What a lovely Winter scene! We are poised to have snow here, but nothing yet.
Gatherings with friends and neighbours sure do lift our spirits during these “dead of Winter” days. Bring on the soup season – your Borscht looks amazing. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Your Winter scenes are so lovely. Thanks, Ellen, for stopping by my post and for your kind words. Hugs …
Your Borsch stew looks so good! I would love a taste 🙂 So wonderful to gather with others and make new friends too! We have had the same kind of weather here too, not much snow. We did get a foot of snow overnight here. Looks like we may get some more before the week is over. Stay warm!
Friends just make life extra special. Add a dash of snow and life is good!
The snow is so pretty. And there’s nothing like a pot of borscht in the winter!