What do hiking, Christmas cookies and bear poo have in common? This recipe of course! Here in our home of Big Bear Lake California, I’ve spent a lot of time out on the absolutely not snowy trails with my favorite hiking partner, my two-year-old Catahoula. Are the trails snowy? No, not at all. Does it …
It’s mid-December here in our ski town. It was twenty-four degrees this morning when I left for a hike with the puppy. But we had no snow. This extremely dry southern California December so far is just ridiculous. Can you please take me back to camping in Montana last summer? If the weather is going …
The shorter chillier days of December bring out two obsessions for me; A return to snowshoeing winter trails followed by baking unique Christmas treats. Luckily the two go hand in hand (or hand in mouth) If it’s the first few days in December you can find me snowshoeing mountain miles with my trail pups in …
Baking should not make you want to throw something but that is what happened when I purchased my first cookie press last week. My mom has made buttery spritz cookies at Christmas every year of my life. I figured at forty-two years old I could make a spritz butter cookie. These Scandinavian holiday favorites looked …
I probably love the holidays way too much. I admit it. Have you seen that meme saying whoever is playing Christmas music in October, you are the reason we got snow in November? Well, I’m not saying that it was my fault we got six inches of snow the first week in November but I’m …