First Day of Christmas-Pears

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree

A friend kindly shared the gift of Harry & David's pears that arrived on her doorstep for the holidays. I made a pear and carrot soup (recipe on sweet pea food blog) that was delicious—an amazing blend of flavors in fact—

and a salad with butter lettuce, sliced pears, candied walnuts, and Delice de Bourgogne cheese with a dressing of balsamic vinegar, vinegar, olive oil, and honey from my mother-in-law's hives.

Today I stopped at Artist and Craftsman during her trip back to Boston and got the Staedler Calligraph Duo 3002 marker that I used for the pear drawing and word.