Saturday, January 13, 2007

Cake...Ice...and Warmth !




It's been very cold....so..yesterday I baked a spice cake with caramel frosting....took a photo of the little bird bath with ice in it...and kept a fire going in the big old fireplace.....I realize that if you live in Minnesota..or someplace like it...that the temps. here are "warm"...it's just that us spoiled Californian's aren't use to the temperatures dipping down in the teens and twenties!!!! (unless you live in Truckee California which is one of the coldest places ever) I am sitting here at the computer with 2 pairs of socks on...2 pairs of pants...2 thick sweaters..and gloves!! It takes awhile for this big old house to warm up!! I hope everyone is warm and cozy today!!!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Vicci! That cake looks so delicious! Caramel icing! Nice!
I think that your fireplace is quite lovely.
Keep yourself warm my friend!
:-)

9:59 AM  
Blogger Lisa Oceandreamer Swifka said...

oh how I long to have a fireplace for winter...yours looks so warm and inviting. It MUST be cold for you to be wearing 2 of everything. I best bring a warm jacket next weekend...can't wait!
and that cake, yuuuuummmmmy!!
XOXO

10:05 AM  
Blogger Sheila said...

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10:06 AM  
Blogger Gill said...

Mum was signed in, that was MY Comment!!!
Here it is again, under my name.

3 of my favorite things...
cake
cake
cake!
and warmth.
xo
Give your Dad a snuggle for me! Keep warm baby!!!

10:09 AM  
Blogger Sheila said...

Vicci it's really cold here too...not as cold as it could be, but we have been spolied..!
Stay war,...cake and tea should help..
((hugs))

12:08 PM  
Blogger Sheila said...

Please excuse my awful typing, I hope you can figure out what I was trying to say...!

12:09 PM  
Blogger Beth said...

Yummy looking cake,,wish I could have some,,sick of diet food already and its only been a week and half. Its warm here today but Mr. Winter will be here by next week with highs only in the mid 30s. Keep warm Girlie!!

12:30 PM  
Blogger Janet said...

You just keep tempting me with all those yummies! We are cold down here, too. Last night it was in the teens down here! I'm freezing!!

5:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You have been a very busy blogger today, Girl! One way to keep warm, yes?

I had to grin at your layers of clothes. It reminds me of three months that I spent in a little mountain house in southwestern Virginia. Even though it was, according to locals, one of the warmest winters on record, I doubled up on everything, too. And still every night, I would get a blanket, carry it out to the deck and huddle under it, and spend time looking up at the stars because I'd never seen them so incredibly vivid! I saw my first ever shooting star up there!

The cake looks delicious, and I'll bet it made your house smell amazing! You did save a slice, didn't you? I'm on my way over!

6:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, having lived there I know that Squaw Valley is actually historically the coldest place in Cali. That is why it has the greatest and most expensive skiing too. LOL Truckee is very close to Squaw.
Maryellen, not signed in as usual

9:15 PM  
Blogger skinnylittleblonde said...

Oh Wow Vicci...I love your fireplace... It's huge! Do you use a coathanger & heat yourself up marshmellows & hotdogs? That always helps to warm things up :)

11:13 PM  

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