We've Been Hit!

Just as Brandon was fretting that the ski season was fizzling to an early close due to a lack of snow, a blizzard arrived! Tuesday night it started snowing...and snowing...and snowing! I had a snow day Wednesday from work and got to spend the day at home. It snowed continuously. It was, seriously, like being inside a lifesized snow globe.


This is the first thing I saw when I came out of the back door! Isn't it amazing? The snow was so dense that it weighed heavily on all of the trees and little bushes. It was so wet that when you looked at it, it was blue. It was like a Blue Moon Snow Cone all over.


I am sure the wild birdies did not appreciate their kitchen being closed. So I fixed it all up for them. Once I did that, birds appeared out of nowhere!

I would have gone to see my brumby, but I couldn't get the Toyota out of the garage! The snow was heavy enough that Brandon had to get on the roof and shovel some of the snow off of it. This is when having a house with a small frame comes in handy.

It would have been nice to have a hot bath after attempting to shovel the driveway and shake all the heavy snow off the mashed trees and tiny bushes, but alas, the power was out the entire day. Thank goodness for the woodstove. A few of our neighbors have generators. When I took Getty out on her walk, I could hear them running. They are quite loud. Still, I would like to have one.

Really, the snow is marvelous. Even if it is a bit of a pita.

Here's someone who loves the snow!

She couldn't stop digging in it! I hope this does not mean in the summer, our new dog is going to tear up all the grass and dig giant caves in the yard!

But even if she does, I will love her muchly.


Now, before all this crazy snow came into town, it was almost (if you cared to stretch your imagination) becoming springlike! The road at Bill's was so soft and mushy, that it seemed like the perfect time to pull off Lilly's turbo shoes!

Barefoot again! Aren't her feet so pretty? Whoever heard of stripedy feet? That is so cool.

It may be a bit flat looking, but that is one pretty sole. What a gorgeous frog!

I told Bill that when Lilly has her shoes pulled off, I feel a sense of relief that they are off of her. But then, when we put the shoes on again, I also feel relief. What is it with my hoof-foot-shoe schizophrenia? The fact is, she goes better with shoes, unless the earth is soft and springy. I'll keep her barefoot until May or June. I can always put her Cavallo boots on in the meantime if she needs them.

I don't know why I am so touched by this photo. But I am.

Look! I made another tee shirt!