On my mind in November

It is November and with November comes Thanksgiving and the much needed first break from school since summer, which we are certainly looking forward to. It is also the time of year where we get the first snow. I had to drive to work early this morning (Sunday) as I had mice that needed my attention. And I actually made it in one piece despite my fear of driving under these conditions:

This also means that a certain high schooler has to get out of the door early, when she drives to school as there is often ice in the car in the mornings:

And I am back to bussing some mornings.Well - on the morning of this picture I guess I could have biked as the bike lanes were clear. But the -10C cold and the thought of frozen gears made me bail out. And made me feel very old👵🏻😕

Ulrik also has a break from college next week and it will be nice to have him home for a bit. We don’t hear much from him, but when we do it is good news. He has been thrown into a lot of unknown territory with his drawing skills and has already improved tremendously and learns new techniques fast. Here is a croquis drawing he has done recently:

I have a hunch that we will be able to fill our walls with art in the next few years!

Last but not least we are also binging on the Great British Baking Show. The hosts are the BEST! A weird goth dude, who has the sweetest personality and an older Danish comedian, who made sure to introduce Danish Week in the program leaving the poor Brits struggling with smørrebrød, æbleskiver, and kagekone. And when we watch that, I itch to get in the kitchen - something that resulted in this pomegranate cake for dinner guests yesterday:

Maybe not the prettiest cake of all times but as compared to other disasters leaving our kitchen I am quite happy with it