First Winter

It's been cold here and snows a lot. The locals assure us that this is not the norm (or at least hasn't been the norm for the last 15 years). Anyway, since it must be a fluke, we decided we'd better take pictures to help us remember what our first winter was like.

Here I am using our previously-owned snow blower for the first time. When I bought it (for only $75 at a Salvation Army), I joked that now I owned one it'd never snow again. Boy, was I wrong. (It's even snowing again right now!)


Here's a few shots of the house and how the snow has begun to pile up against it. Getting in and out of the drive way is a precise exercise in fitting the car through a snow tunnel. The lovely model K provides a good sense of scale.







One day last week, it actually got up to 50 degrees! The snow was melting and water was everywhere. And out from the darkness arose a figure. Standing over 5 feet tall, I didn't think he'd last the week.




Of course, the next morning I woke up to -12 degrees (a record shift in 24 hours). Looks like Frosty will be with us just a while longer.