Chefs Sandy and Little Fox join forces

Hello... today we are going to be doing a little cooking... a dessert apparently. We have whipping cream and cocoa powder and...

Hmmm... avocados... Are you curious yet? Stay tuned!

Let's get started then... first we need to beat the whipping cream...

That looks good! Good thing there are two beaters... we each get to lick one!

Now we handle the avocados...

Oh... and we're going to use some apple sauce too...

Hmmm... loss of balance... never a good thing...

It's OK... I just saw... well... you'll find out what I saw! Be still my beating bear heart!

Now we get out the food processor...

And blend up the avocados... are we making guacamole? Noooo....

 Now we add some cocoa powder (maybe it's a mole sauce?)

 And (here we go)... several dollops of creamed honey!!!!! Yes!!!

And I got to lick the spoon!

Then there were some dollops of apple sauce...

 Now... we whip all of that up... mmm....

 Looking good!!!

 Then, in a large bowl, you mix up the avocado/guacamole/cocoa mix with the whipped cream...

Phew this is hard work... I'll take a spell at it too...

I think we're there!

 Voila... cocoa mousse with no sugar!! (There were a few drops of Stevia in the whipping cream)... sooooo good! Four paws up from the two chefs!

But... ummm... there is a problem... as my canine friends will likely recognize... Canines can't eat chocolate!! Not even cocoa powder... it's the theobromine, you know.

 Houston... we have a problem!!! Luckily... we had a back-up dessert for the visiting canine.

Home-made apple sauce from last fall! Eh? Not bad actually... and much more in line with a canine digestive system. Whew!

Surprise Visitor!!

Sekrebearial Note: Received a text to go and pick a certain Fox up from the local Canada Goose Airlines office. And there was Little Fox waiting in the Arrivals gate! Someone's going to be beary surprised!

Ahhhhhh!!!! Look who's come for a surprise visit!!!! It's Little Fox!! I am almost totally unprepared for this visit except....

 We are having chicken for dinner!! Little Fox is a big chicken aficionado!

I think we are going to have a fun visit!

First Day of Spring

Hullo... it's the first day of spring here and... it is warm and sunny out!!

And spring means it's time to have a campfire... soooo nice!

 And a fire means... time for some sausages!!

Uh... ok... it's a bit late but.... DROOL WARNING!!!

Don't they look good?? They are Feta Spinach Chicken sausages.... mmmm...

Sigh... I wish one of my stuffie friends would come for a visit so I can share these sausages with them... sigh....

Winter has a Grip in the Woods

Sooo... a few days ago... the same day that I gave the garden tour... I went for a hike in the woods... and... well... winter still has a grip up there!

Maybe I should be wearing my winter gear? But it's so nice and warm out!

Oh... it's not too bad... the trail looks nice and clear.

Hmmm... or not... there is quite a bit.

Wow...

You know... we had over 80 cm of snow in February which is crazy for us! That's... umm... almost 2.5 feet I think!

Luckily the snow is pretty crispy so I can scamper around on top of it.

Even some of the forest pools are still frozen over... several inches frozen over...

But... there is meltwater too so spring is coming! It's been a reallllyyyy lonnnnggg winter!

We had a bad windstorm in December and it looks like it knocked a bunch of trees down up here.

Oh look... green leaf buds!!

This little lake is almost totally ice free... nice.

I'm just going to sit here for a bit and soak up the sun.

I haven't been out for a hike in weeks!! It's so nice to get out and enjoy the weather... and the snow.

The big lake still has some ice on it too... although most of it is ice free. It's supposed to get warmer over the next few weeks... keeping fingers crossed because the weather people have been saying that for a while now!

Tour of the Garden

Hello... I'm going to just do a quick tour of the garden. I've heard that a few stuffie pals are buried up to their ear tips in snow sooo... here we go....

A few crocuses...

And mini-irises - these are so cute!

Do you see those green shoots? That's the garlic poking up through the soil...

Here's some leek that over-wintered... we are going to see if they can be subdivided and transplanted.

And here we have some snowdrops...

Ummm... yes... the white stuff is snow... this is on the north side of the fence and doesn't get a lot of sun... so... yes, we do still have some snow...

Which the tulips are not liking all that much!

And here we have the greenhouse... let's see what's growing in here.

Oooh... it's warm in here!!!

Some little seedlings - curry plants and parsley...

Some baby kale and corn salad.

Those chives are doing really well in here!

And... over here some primula... primroses... nice pink colour.

These are beautiful snow drops!!

Ohhh... and a most gorgeous clump of crocuses!!

Spring is coming...