Bear Martini Sunset ~ Ornament

Bear Martini Sunset ~ Hibernation Starts After This One

The light goes gold over the lake, the day's work is done, and somebody large and quiet settles onto the porch with a glass that took four minutes to stir. No conversation needed. The woods go purple, the olive goes in, and the season can wait until tomorrow.

• Cabin Cocktail Hour: Stirred slowly, sipped slower, watched all the way down.
• Outdoors Host Gift: For whoever packs a mixing glass with the hiking boots.
• Big Quiet Energy: Nobody rushes a bear or his martini.

Cocktail Threads made this round ornament for the tree that stands next to the bar cart. Pick ceramic at 3 inches or aluminum at 3.6 inches, and it arrives with its hanging string. A wipe with a damp cloth keeps it as polished as a chilled coupe, December after December. Tie it to a bottle of the good stuff, hang it on the tree, or hook it on the shaker shelf for the host who measures the vermouth twice.