Sweet gifts

There's supermarket honey, and then there's HONEY. These pretty metal pails contain a product from the Pyrenees region of France. It's a rare type called "thousand-flowers" honey. It's scented with lavender and orange trees and has a beautiful golden color and flavor. We bought some years ago from a catalog and after we developed a taste for it, couldn't find it again. John's theory was that the French wanted "to keep the good stuff for themselves" which might have been true.

France's premier beekeepers, Le Grand Miel de Bernard Michaud put it on the market again and John gave me these three pails for Christmas. My jug of Costco honey is fine for making granola-- this is for tea, toast and special recipes. You can buy it through mailorder, but John says be prepared to dig deep for shipping. Worth it though.

Here's another sweet sight-- Nova "feeding" her horses: