The empty house, a fridge with leftovers, a dual dog duty to keep me busy: it all means I hadn't made a meal since Thanksgiving night once we arrived at the first Tuesday of December. I'd stocked up on vegetables for the busy holiday week and plenty of them hadn't been utilized yet, so I cut and seasoned them (including special herb blends from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia!) and gave 'em a good shake in olive oil. Then came the extended roasting to achieve a bit of charring here and there. Roasted spiced cauliflower, roasted herbed broccoli florets, and roasted herbed asparagus spears were just right for dinner time that evening.
The nearby Piedmont Triad International Airport reported its first measurable snowfall in 1,038 days—that’s how long we have gone during this snow drought. Here in Winston-Salem, the report was about half an inch overnight from Monday to this day. Not enough to freak out the dogs when they first went out that morning, especially since this is the first visible snow for Scarlett in her lifetime.
Oh, but that bitter cold! It stayed in the 30s and plunged again Tuesday night back to the mid-20s. But I'm still not ready to move to Canada. Seems Canada is trying to move here.
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