White (almost) Christmas

Well, the final tally is about 13″ of snow. It made it up to the bottom of the stone wall…woo hoo! Then last night the temperature rose just enough to melt a bit of the snow and then plunged below zero again so now everything has a nice, slippery crust of solid ice. I *LOVE* winter! Argh! Here’s the final view, and a couple of shots of the boys plowing the driveway.

Snow all the way up to the top of the stone wall on the patio

Spike plowing the driveway

Jesse trying to run me over with the bobcat

Should’ve nosed the Volvo in just a little bit more…

I did go out and take pictures around town yesteday, but I’m already bored with how WHITE everything is. We need some color around here, STAT!

What’s the weather where you are? And if it’s over 70, can I come visit? 😉

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Happy first day of winter! Is it spring yet?

Ayup. Still snowing. *Sigh!* So this morning I thought I would venture out a little bit and give you a slightly broader view. I also threw in a couple of pics from other seasons to show the contrast.

If I get ambitious I may go out and take some pics around the ‘hood later. But for now I hope you enjoy these frosty pics!

That picnic table’s gettin’ taller by the second!

That bird feeder’s gettin’ pretty tall, too!

The snow’s almost to the top of the stone wall. I suspect it’ll be all the way up by tonight.

This is approximately the same angle as my twitter background pic

This is how it looked back in the fall, just a short while ago!

Oh Christmas tree!

Looking up the driveway toward the main road

My mother-in-law put the little rock on top of the big rock as an art project, I think.

Burrrrrr…

I meant to take a picture of the gargoyle hanging at the bottom of the stairs, but i dropped the camera right after this shot!

The back yard in early spring of this year…looks a tad different!

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Snow update

Dudes, it is *STILL* snowing out there! Took a few pics to track the progress. If this keeps up I won’t be able to open my freakin’ door! Snow shovel? What? I want a flamethrower!

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OMG, it’s SNOW! We’re all gonna DIE!

So the local news here in Boston has been hyping the HELL out of this snowstorm, the first of the season. What is this? Snow? In New England? In WINTER? OH. EM. GEE!!!

So natch, everyone has gone on down to the supermarket to stock up on their white bread and triscuits. I was lucky in that I didn’t have to be on the road too much after the snow started, and though I did do a faceplant in the driveway when I got home from the gym, all in all I’m in pretty good shape.  I’m hanging w/awesome hubby and awesome nephew (home for winter break), and fabulous kittens. We have electricity, heat, triscuits, bad movies to watch, a bit of wine… Yep, life is GOOD!

Tomorrow it’s going to look BEAUUUUUUUUUUTIFUL out there,  but I thought I’d start early and take a few pics during the storm. So herewith are pics of the BLIZZARD OF 2008: the view from my patio! (Heeeeee!)

Hope you are warm and happy wherever you are right now. Merry merry! 🙂

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Hot in Herrrre!

We’re having a heat wave here in Boston! Doesn’t bug me, as I would MUCH rather have heat than cold. But the best part (yes, the BEST) is the icon on my Firefox ForecastFox:

Heeee!

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