A VERY WELCOMED SIGHT!....

Yesterday we were rescued by a "deere"! It worked our block for about a half hour making the road wider and more passable. I think we might as well get used to this because more snow is coming today and more on the way this weekend. We have really missed our 5am walks and were able to go this morning thanks to the "deere". It is still pretty trecherous but at that time of the morning we didn't
have to dodge too many cars! I know our mailman and paper delivery guy will have MUCH better mornings now!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST....

Had to include "little mister" who LOVES to have adventures! He doesn't have a clue that he is a small dog. He thinks he is a rotweiller. It didn't matter that the snow was much taller than he was he had to see what was going on! He is facinated by machinery and LOVES
to observe anything going on that makes noise. He is fearless!

MAN & WOMANS BEST FRIENDS....

We have great neighbors who "share" their dogs with us! They weren't quite sure what we all were doing in all this white stuff but they were happy to be there with us! Some REALLY loved the snow and others were not thrilled at all!

AFTER THE BIG DIG....

The day after the group dig Bob and I cleared about three car lengths down to our house from where Bob is standing to where I am standing taking the photo. I left a patch there to show how deep it was. Anyone have some Bengay?!

USING OUR SHOVELS....BUT NOT IN THE GARDEN!

Here we are digging out after blizzard part 2. There were 6 of us who worked hard to get part of our street down to pavement. There were 6 dogs along for comic relief! The areas where we put the snow were quickly resembling icebergs!

JUST PLAIN SQUIRRELY!!....

This tickled the heck out of me! As our second round of blizzard started on Wednesday, my makeshift squirrel feeder was quickly filling up with snow. A while later I checked to see if the squirrel ( I call Willie) was still out there despite the blowing snow. All I could see was a trail in the snow until the little bugger popped up from the now buried feeder! Blizzard or no blizzard, he was going to have lunch!!

BEFORE AND AFTER.....

Here I am "beating around the bush"! I couldn't stand seeing my beautiful arborvitae laden with ice and snow. Getting to it was more
difficult than freeing it from the snow! I found a long piece of trim to reach the top and in between the branches. There was a big
birds nest in the top section. I am sure it wasn't occupied, but many small birds use the bush for shelter, so at least there will be
someplace for them to go. Now the weather dudes are calling for 12" to 20+" MORE snow starting later today. ENOUGH ALREADY!!

THEIR BACK!!......

As you can see the squirrels are back! A least one has found my makeshift feeder. The other is still buried under the snow. It was nice to see the sun today but I woke up to hear that we may get an additional 12" to 16" starting tomorrow afternoon through Wednesday!
Bob and I dug out some neighbors driveways today. Our street was plowed overnight but only down about a foot so it is still difficult to
manuver. We cleaned off our shed. That was the easy part----getting to it in the thigh high snow was not!

ARBORVITAE WEIGHTED WITH SNOW....

I was hoping that the wind would blow off most of the snow. In past years I have wacked it off with a broom but lost some branches
in the process. Guess I will take a wack at it later on when I go "out to play" in the snow again! To the left of it is a small heather bush
that has been blooming for sometime now. I wanted to get a shot of it before the snow came but now I think I won't see it again until
sometime in March!

BAWLMER BLIZZARD 2010!!

According to the airport stats we didn't break the record, but as far as my yard is concerned the record was MORE than broken!
I took pics from windows on three side of our house throughout the storm and yesterday afternoon when the snow ended. My
husband Bob had a good excuse for not taking me out for our 29th wedding anniversary! Most of the streets in our neighborhood
are still un-plowed. Can't remember a more beautiful snow fall!! This shot is where the "Dad Garden" is. All the perennials are
nice and safe below the snowpak.

TRAFFIC AT SQUIRREL FEEDER.....

Had to stop feeding the birds & squirrels because of neighborhood rat problem. There was a lot of waste with millet etc that was not eaten. The "beasts" are still out there, but I bought some "squirrel food" which is just peanuts, sunflower seeds and corn. I put it on
the tray and bring the tray in before dark so the "beasts" don't have a feast overnight. Sometimes there are as many as 4 or 5 squirrels
taking turns getting into the feeder. Penny watches from her perch at the kitchen window. Entertainment for her and welcomed food
for the squirrels---a win win!---- OK----I love watching them too!