Bright White

Well, we've come through another storm, this time replete with 20" of snow and winds. This is our porch at 9:00 this morning, following Friday and Saturday snowstorms - good thing we weren't planning to go anywhere! The storm finally blew itself out about 5:00 yesterday afternoon, and we're expecting a little more snow overnight.

The snow brought flocks of snow buntings, horned larks, and juncos to our feeders. Cola spent two days parked in front of the living room window watching those yummy plump morsels bounding about in the snow. Now that the sun's out, the show's over. Saint H went out walking this morning; some drifts along the lane were up to his waist (he's 5'11".) He was able to break a path up and down the lane on the tractor, so the fellow who plowed us out had an easier time of it this year than last.

One winter, during my high school years, we had several bad storms that shut down our roads. One of our neighbors was then in the process of dying from advanced breast cancer. At the height of one fierce storm, Ann's condition worsened and she was evacuated to a hospital 20 miles away by snowmobile. Don't think that doesn't cross my mind when the weather rages now.