It'll be a beery Christmas

Last night we went to the Heart of the Valley Brew Club's Christmas party - needless to say the games were themed to a common interest. The beer-bottle ring-toss became pretty competitive, but at least there were plenty of prizes:



The worst part was having to scrape ice off our bicycle seats when we left to go home. Shudder.

The next morning brought our first snow:


It's snowing again outside in earnest. It's a huge novelty for me, but Mort is becoming pretty traumatised, and even ventured outside with me to check out the scenery (it's currently -3°C):



On the upside, there is always solace in camera-stalking the local grocery store: