Green X-mas, white boxing day

Bugger, bugger, bugger .... we had a green X-mas. For the first time in 4 years, again a green X-mas in MTL.

So I spent the weekend before X-mas cooking and on X-mas eve our friend Eric from Trois-Rivières came over to take us to IKEA for a first shopping spree (we bought lots of nice kitchen stuff, especially my pots .... they proudly wear the name "Favorit") and at night Brigitte came to have dinner all together. The menu: gravad lax (Swedish cured salmon), marinated herring and fish roe with sour cream, chives and dill. A savoury Finnish fish broth with star anice. Main course: red deer with potato cake, wild mushrooms and cranberry sauce. And finally creme brulee made with my brandnew mini torch. A nice Highland Park whiskey topped a perfect evening.

But next day ..... SNOW SNOW SNOW!!! 15cm of cold, fluffy delight .... too bad it turns to sludge so quickly ... we had to jump over a lot of puddles when buying a new winter coat for Tinneke on Boxing Day's Sales.

So here's the snowy pics ....

Ice stars on our window

Avenue du snow!

Black cat <-> white snow

Parc Mont-Royal

Jump! Tiedatateudie-dateuteudaaaaah! (VAN HALEN)

Who said white men can't jump?

Snowballfight!

And now one more day at work and then .... WEEKEND!! Still figuring out what to cook for New Year's Eve ... since I am a bit of a wild swine myself maybe "Boar Asterixstyle"??

Oh and my New Year's resolution for 2007? (Or at least one of them) Take more pictures!
And to make this happen ...
My new photoblog: A Snapshot of Montreal!!