Morning with Timo

Today Timothy and I had the whole morning and early afternoon together.  We decided to take a walk to the library, and the mild winter weather had made a winter wonderland overnight! All the little twigs on all the trees were covered in frost.  It was beautiful!  


We looked more closely at the twigs along the way and discovered that the frost was actually in the form of very sharp-looking spikes clustered together.  But when we wiped them off the branch, we found that they were VERY soft like snow and brushed right off easily!   

These are the pines in our own front yard.

 After we got home and had a quick brunch, we used the dry-grind on my Vitamix to grind some fresh coffee beans that John brought home from a friend last night.  His friend from Northwestern University has been living in MPLS and working at a Starbucks.  She is now moving back to the Chicago area to be closer to her fiance as they plan for their marriage.  She gave John a package of whole bean coffee Starbucks Decaf and of the new Blonde Willow Blend (a light roast coffee).  I made some of the light roast one, and Timothy said it was the best coffee he has ever had.  Of course, I had added a tiny bit of sugar and milk to it!

 And now, at 2:30 p.m., Timothy is finishing up his first time of making cookies completely on his own. (I have only helped with getting the pans in and out of the oven.)  They are peanut butter cookies that we plan to give to Randy Rupert for his birthday.  

We have had a great time together!