Blizzard January 2010

This storm will be one for the record books.  I don't know how much it snowed last night, but every time I woke up I could hear the wind howling.  Cowboy got up at 4:30 a.m. and shoveled his way to the garage to let the dog out to do her morning duties.  Amy came out the door and hurried right back in and was having NO part of going outside!  Tiggy stayed six feet back from the door and looked out and was not going to let anyone boot HER out the door!

I took pictures of the windows early this morning.  They were so snow covered we couldn't see outside.  I told Cowboy that it made me claustrophobic instead of cozy and he told me to "step on outside."  Well, that wasn't what I had in mind and the wind was blowing too hard and the drifts were too high to sweep screens and windows!

 

 

 This picture was taken out the north living room window.  There is a huge drift and if you look to where we planted the trees, they are buried except for the one on the right.  You can just see the wire cage around it.  The snow is level with the dike.

 This was taken through the sliding glass doors looking at the deck, railing, and cedar tree.  They are heavy with snow.  The temperature has hovered in the 20's yesterday, all night, and today it is 24 right now.  Warm, but not really with the wind chill.

This is under the deck and there is a big drift by the cooker.  Looking at the center is my water pump with just the top sticking out.  Cowboy and Amy walked to the barn to do chores and the gates have big drifts in them and he said he had to pick his way around.  Cowboy said he couldn't drive his pickup down there without getting stuck.  We talked to one neighbor today and he got his pickup promptly stuck, so he just walked back to the house and left it there until this is over.

It is a great day for staying inside.  We did a joint effort and made hamburger soup for lunch and had a mini loaf of hard bread to go with it.  It was a feast!

Hope you are warm and "cozy" and safe where ever you are!