Snow Storm

As mentioned in the previous post, we got Mom moved to Florida just in time as there was a snowstorm right before Christmas.  On TV they were calling it a blizzard, but it didn't look or feel like a blizzard.  No howling winds or ice crystals slamming against the window.  It was just a lot of snow and, then, some winds that came a bit later.

We ended up with 10 1/2 inches of snow, which is amazing because we still had green grass in places before the snowstorm.  We literally went from zero snow to 10 1/2 inches on the ground.

I always wonder about the little birds when there's a storm going on.  Where do they go?  How do they find food?  It was funny, then, to see this little guy huddled in my window bird feeder.  He was inside it for shelter and he was putting his little beak right against the glass and drinking the melting snow as it trickled down the window.  Pretty awesome really.

Jeff was out of town and I was pretty sure he wasn't going to be able to get back.  Sure enough, he was able to fly into Minneapolis but the flights were cancelled from there.  So he rented a car to drive home.  In the meantime, though, I had 10 inches of snow in my driveway and on the sidewalks.  I have this pretty hard and fast rule:  I clean and shop and cook and do the gardening and I'll mow the lawn and I take care of my own car, but I don't do snow removal.  Period.  Mostly because I can't run the snow blower and it's not worth the aching back to shovel the heavy stuff.  Now that I'm retired, I'm good with staying in until the Spring thaw, if necessary. 

In this case, however, I was rescued when Scott and Alex came over.  Alex and I played in the house while Scott blew the snow off the driveway so I could get out.

So, we had snow on the ground for Christmas, which is always nice, but that's enough now for the winter.  The ground is covered to keep the grass and shrubs nice and warm through the cold weather so I don't think we need any more, thank you.