Gingerbread, Hobbit-style

Here's this year's batch of LOTR-inspired gingerbread; we left architecture behind and tried figures instead.  MUCH easier, though with fewer stories to tell. Made by Erin, Anne and Al, respectively. (Alana left for a wedding in Chicago before we got to it, and Ack was felled by pink eye.) Our Fellowship was battered but prevailed!

A hobbit, Lady Galadriel and a one-armed uruk-hai (a type of orc).

Gandalf, with hat and staff

Sideview - so you can see the deadly lance

Almost Solstice

9am - just the start of the blizzard

Signs of the season at our house, outside and in...

One Favorite Tree

Our Other Favorite Tree

Where are we?

Anne and I were in San Fran for the weekend. Intent was to go mushroom hunting but rainy weather prevented that. So, we toured around and relaxed. He is a satellite image of where we were (look for the blue dot) taken from the SSEC/CIMSS SatCam iPhone App. Anne returned to Madison but Ack remains out here for a conference.