With snow continuing almost daily, it seems like spring is a long ways away. A person may as well go skiing.
Suspension bridge across the Methow for skiers.
Friendly mules along the trail
The white one didn’t like the brown one
This one tried to eat my trail pass
This small accipiter visited our bird feeders yesterday sending all the little birds scattering. It didn’t stay long when it realized it would not be finding its dinner at our place.
Sometimes during the long cold months of winter it is good to have a warm reminder that spring will return. Even a person like me that loves winter, needs flowers now and again. This amaryllis was a New Years gift from a friend. Thanks Vicky.
An annual six legged (or more) race involving a person and a dog and they must stay connected throughout the race. In addition, there are costume contests for all the heats and a grand prize at the end of the races for best overall costume. If you like dogs, skiing and winter, this is about as much fun as you can imagine!
Our neighbor shared some homemade lox with us last year and when I expressed interest in learning how to make our own from freshly caught fish, he volunteered to teach me this year. The first step is having an excellent salmon and he generously provided an Alaskan Sockeye. With a deft hand and a sharp knife he had it quickly filleted and ready to be cured.
Then we spread the cure of salt, sugar, crushed peppercorns across the bottom fillet
Tom had told me last summer to freeze fresh dill from my garden just for this purpose. Here the dill is placed between the two fillets.
The two fillets ready to be wrapped and cured in the refrigerator for five days.
Wrapped and ready. It needed to be turned every twelve hours. By the end of the five days, it was a sticky mess.
The finished product, cold smoked and ready to eat!
I served it with cream cheese and capers and red onions on thinly sliced bread
It doesn’t get much better than this!
