We've Had a Touch of Winter, and That's Enough, Thank You

We've had a couple of days of brutal winds and dropping temperatures, then yesterday morning we got up to a glaze of ice on everything.  That's enough winter for me.  Thanks very much and all that, but it can be warm now.

 

It actually turned out to be not so bad yesterday.  Because of the ice, my husband took the pick-up truck to work, so that left me high and dry at home with no vehicle that I could drive.  The trusty old Saturn is at the shop, and DH's Mini-Cooper has standard transmission.  I, alas, have never learned to drive a stick, so I stayed home yesterday and did some laundry, did a bit of tidying, and baked cookies.  All in all, okay for a chilly day.

 

Today started out warm, but turned blustery and cold -- a perfect day to stitch the afternoon away.  I worked on the wookie quite a bit.  Here's how he looked last Sunday when I put him away:

 

I worked on him a little bit during the week, then made some good progress today.  Here's where we are now:

I'm putting a narrow border around him to give him a bit of a frame.  I'm about half finished with him.

 

I also worked on Salina Dunwoody last weekend.  The little dark blue line in the middle of the design is the start of the roof of a house.  I do like this piece and need to buckle down and get her off the WIP pile. 

 

I also did a spot of baking last weekend.

These are called Mini Chocolate-Cherry Bundt Cakes, and the recipe is from Food Network.  I saw it on the Pioneer Woman show; I love Ree's recipes because as a rule they don't require unusual ingredients that I have to order from Amazon because no grocery in three states carries them.  Her recipes use ingredients that I usually have or can get easily.  These turned out really well and they're not difficult to make.  The recipe should be here, if you've a mind to give them a go.  The recipe does call for a special mini bundt cake baking pan; I found mine on Amazon (where else!).

Wishing everyone the happiest of whatever holiday or holidays you celebrate -- and, as always, happy stitching!