Finished with THIS snow

But more on the way.  Sometime this week. 
Since it is above freezing, it is melting somewhat.

My son-in-law came over last night and shoveled out another parking area and did a more accurate job of shoveling around my car.  He came with my daughter and the munchkin.  They left the munchkin with me for the night, and they were planning to go to the movies.  As always happens when they plan to go to the movies, they don't.  See a movie, I mean.

A friend came over last night and hung out with us.  We watched the Olympics.  Jackson was spinning, and after being asked to spin the other way, he fell on top of a toy.  He cried!  Oh, I felt so bad.  I hugged him, and within minutes he was asleep.  Which scared me - remember when our kids were small and we called the doctor for a case like this, and were told to keep them up, watch their eyes, etc?

Anyhow, this morning he was fine.  But with a black and blue eye.

 

Looks pretty bad, but last night I put the 'booboo ice pack' on it, and it isn't as bad as it could be.

 

see, he's laughing.

 

And that's him with his parents in the background.

I am waiting for the car service, I have a semi-flat tire in the front of my car and instead of taking the risk and driving to a station, I rather have the tire changed and I will bring it to C.ost.co and have it looked at. 

Friday morning - still snow(ing)

This is the view that greeted me this morning. It's pretty rare that the snow on the deck is this high.

I was enjoying my coffee, when I heard a car in front of my house. Couldn't go forward, couldn't go backward. Being nosy, I moseyed on out there with the shovel, and asked where he thought he was going. The snow on the road was at least 6" high, the plows hadn't been through for a good long while.
To work, was the answer. I helped shovel around his car, by that time some other neighbors and his wife showed up, and we got him to the side of the road. By that time the plow came through as well. It's still bad around here.

This is my street AFTER the plow came through. Winter wonderland. See how high my car is covered? Wanna come over and help shovel it out? We'll have a party! Bring bird food!

The birds are hungry, no doubt. I had some grapes that were going bad, they love them. And I feed them the 'cakes' I get at Walmart. If I feed loose birdfood, the squirrels show up in hordes.
Enjoy your Friday!

 One more view of the front of my house - see the snow on the roof?  Still not as bad as in 1995 when my mother was here for Christmas.

Same Day, just later

More snow pictures.

My daughter just called me and told me about her day.
She was supposed to bring the cats to the vet.  They called and asked her to come early - noon.  So she brought her two cats, got the check-up, went back to the car, and got one of the cats in the car.  Somehow the other cat carrier opened and the second cat jumped out and ran under the car.
No amount of cajoling brought the cat back out.  So my daughter thought if she started the engine the car would be scared and run out.
Nope, the cat tried to get into the running engine.  At which point my daughter realized the locked the car, and couldn't get back in.  With a scared cat under the car, snow all around...
Well, she went back into the vet's office and asked for help.  Three people came outside to help get the cat, one of them even lay down in the snow.  Success!  Now she had to wait for her husband (who had his own problems, something to do with difficulty with the snow plow) to come and bring the spare key so she could leave.
In the meantime daycare called, they were closing early.  She got there with one minute to spare, and her son was the last one to be picked up.
The three of them are now tucked in their house, where hopefully they'll stay!
Now to the 'few hours later' photos:

My favorite lilac bush, miniature blossoms, blooms a little later then regular lilacs.

 

Some hungry guests

  

Now you know what a Nor' Easter looks like!

And it's still snowing.

Not supposed to let up until Saturday.

Today: weather and more weather

This is what the winter looks like today. Tons of birds at the bird feeder, they are hungry!

And this is my house from the back. I usually park back here, but in the winter I leave my car out front. Smart, don't you agree?

And one more photo, of my dining room table today:

 

The candles are leftover from Advent.  The rose from a home-improvement store (half-price), and the beautiful tablecloth was a gift from a cousin.  

I love it!

... ahem, weather II

It's snowing.  Started off as rain, is still fairly mild, and looks spectacular.  Like you want in December, just before Christmas.

We still have a weather warning for today and tomorrow.  I tried going to work, and I didn't even make it out of my lake community before turning around.  Thick fat flakes.  Since the schools are closed because of the snow, no plows are going through right now.  They usually are quite busy on my street, since I'm only four houses from the school.  And the roads are slick and snow covered.  I'm not so worried about leaving, I'm really worried about coming home, should I leave.  I live up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mtns, and while it's not very high, it's hilly enough to cause problems.

What will I do today?  Hmmm, haven't decided yet.  I will shovel snow!