An Ending

Did I really have a post about how I embraced Winter?

Really?

I embraced it?

How good of me!

However, now that we are at the end

of the 2010-2011 Winter season

my embrace is loosed,

and I am onto

greener pastures.

It's name, of course, is SPRING.

Each Winter I am astonished

how well the Earth sleeps,

and as I stare at the bare tree limbs

and empty garden beds

I wonder about all those wonderful

buds and blooms and colors

coming back.

Yet,

they always return.

Look close and you will already see

bulbs blooming

and the fair Forsythia beginning to color.

Although I was in full embrace of Winter,

now I realize I was needing faithful Spring.

I say farewell to this Winter by sharing with you

a favorite bread recipe.

Cinnamon Bread

Cream 1/2 C. unsalted butter (softened) and 1 C. brown sugar.

Add 2 eggs and 1 t. vanilla.

Add 1C. milk.

Add 1 1/2 C. flour, 1 1/2 t. baking powder, 

1/4 t. salt and 1 T. cinnamon.

Pour into a greased bread loaf pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes.

Enjoy!