There's no place like home

I wake up thinking about the smells of home this morning. The smell of the fresh coffee beans when I open the bag. It gets even better while grinding them, and then the brewing of the coffee....Ah, heaven on earth.

I get a little whiff of the smoky wood smell when sweet hubby opens the heater door to add more wood to the fire for his sweetie before he goes to work. That's true love.

The smell of yesterday's home made bread lingers in the air. I so enjoyed the mixing and the kneading. A great stress release. That is, if I had any stress to relieve. I was very happy with the results from a new-to-me recipe. Yeast Corn Bread Loaf it's called. Very easy to make and very yummy served warm with real butter. You can get the recipe here.  It looks perfect doesn't it?

But just to prove the old saying, "Looks can be deceiving," here's the other side. 

But that didn't hamper the flavor a bit. 

We have snow on the ground again this morning.  Our second measurable snowfall this year.  An uncommon occurrence in Alabama.  But, the beautiful white outdoors doesn't keep me from dreaming of spring.  The Lilly Pulitzer website fuels my spring dreaming.  I'm dreaming of pink sandals...

...and spending some time at my clothesline.  Nothing smells better than fresh air-dried laundry.  Well, maybe chocolate. :)

I wanted to get a picture of the beautiful Cardinals gathered around my snow capped bird feeder this morning, but I didn't want to venture out into the cold frosty air.  I know, I'm a chicken...but I'm a warm chicken.  So instead, I pulled out some of my old drawings and am presenting my own renderings of my clothesline and my Red Love Birds. 

Oh, and that reminds me, I must pull out my art supplies today and make my sweetie a Valentine.

Hope you have a lovely warm day.

~ Sherry ~

This post is linked to:  Show and Tell Friday, Pink Saturday