SNOW! SNOW! MIDWINTER SNOW!

Snowed
all
day.
Beautiful,
cold,
pure,
obliterating,
glowing, suffocating, crystalline, backbreaking, dazzling, numbing, cleansing, snow.

Something in excess of 30 inches of snow has accumulated on the ground so far this season. This is somewhat below average over the last 30 years. It is still a lot of snow. Today we dug out! Ethan Thompson plows, but I still have to shovel around the vehicles, in front of the house, and, of course, the paths to the wood pile and the chopping block. The pictures are for the benefit of those of you who have been here only in the summer. You can see why we choose to visit you so often in the winter! Actually, winter Paradox is fun in smaller doses and with frequent trips out.

The picture below shows how the snow accumulates around the house and obstructs the view from the windows. As the season advances we feel more and more like we live in a cave. The problem is aggravated by the snow that falls from the roof - that hasn't happened yet this season.






This last picture is of me glowin' despite all the snowin'!