Spreading cheer through infused vodka. Merry Christmas everyone!
To soak it up with…
Veggie stir fry (peanut butter & coconut milk) à la Farmer Potter - the chopsticks and chopped ginger in the center there are a nice touch. It's the details that make food fun!
Veggie stir fry by candlelight
After a few cocktails, things get a little blurry.
Potter loves it when I force him to take photos of us before going out. The result is pretty hazy.
Earlier this fall, I scored a bunch of beautiful locally-grown apples. So what do I do with them? Turn them into a ghastly sight.
Apple bars made with a shit-ton of apples from my good friend Michelle's mom. They tasted better than they look 
Really!
This summer we constructed raised beds and grew carrots, beets, fingerlings, broccoli and other stuff outside. Can’t wait to see what we grow next year.
Carrot harvester by day....
We made time to go camping….
Camping in Park City with blueberry bread à la Shells
Camping is FUN! (when you don't have to sleep on the ground
And we even got out for some racing (Farmer Potter, too)!
Farmer Potter at the completion of his first -ever 10k Trail Run
I made my rounds in the triathlon circuit and had a blast, as usual.
I even added a half IronMan to the schedule this year….
Probably my proudest moment of the year - finishing my first half IronMan in 5:58. Bring on next year....
The dogs got out and about as well. Penny is an ANIMAL on the trails and could probably run all of us into the ground. Happy loves every minute of it too, but his arthritis doesn’t.
Penny licking her best friend.
Happy "guarding" the chickens. We raised and slaughtered 23 chicken this year. Potter hasn't decided if he'll do it again in 2011.....
Penny at her happiest - out on a trail
The Fallen…..
RIP Bon - March 8, 2010 - You gave me so much happiness and joy for 15 years. We miss you.
On the sunny side….
Potter's Garden
Squash Blossom shining its light from inside the greenhouse
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year - Love the Potters
Jud said,
December 20, 2010 @ 6:49 pm
Hey, Great Pictures! A very effective review of your busy year with lots of accomplishments and FUN!!!! I was going to ask you how the potatoes did in the tractor tires – a picture is worth a thousand words. I just arrived back in Russia – lots of snow on the ground and cold. Holiday lights everywhere to bring some cheer, but I think this is my last Christmas in Russia – the good (not perfect) ole USA is calling me home. Merry Christmas to all. Love, Dad
melissapotter said,
December 20, 2010 @ 8:32 pm
Come back! The good ol’ US of A misses you