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12 inches later we awoke to the shvering reality.....

Category: Getting my garden started | Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:35 pm

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, That's what we were all singing last night as we cozied in by the fire. 12 inches later, we awoke this morning and shivered into the reality of the cleanup. Fortunately the man and his plow arrived bright and early this morning and cleared the driveway. Thank god for him and the guy that invented that whole system, just the thought of having to shovel the whole thing gives me the willies. He did however, leave those high banks of hard packed, plowed snow at the end of the walks, and around the kids car, all of which we needed to shovel through by hand. But, if you get several pair of hands pushing on the shovels, a couple kids kicking snow back where it had just been shoveled away from, and a dog that forgets where the woods are, and will go just about anywhere there is un-shoveled snow, especially that very spot that I'm going to shovel next, out there with you, soon you will have worked up a good sweat, and the work turns into fun and is done in no time. (Boy that was a long sentence, My old English teacher would have wrapped my knuckles after that one) Sadly the snow is too dry to make a snow man, so we'll have to save that fun for another time. The kids are safely on their way home, and the house is eerily quiet, and I sit here looking out on the fresh snow, perfect for winter fun, but having arrived too late for them to go skiing or snow shoeing, and their skies and snowshoes are packed back into the car unused. One good thing, as I look up at the roof, and chimney, things are ready for Santa, and I've been a good boy, really, I have.
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eileen wrote on Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:24 pm:


What absolutely wonderful photographs Tom. You'll be able to see Santa and his reindeer clearly now at Christmas against all that white!!! I'm sure he won't miss you out 'cause all of us can vouch for the fact you really have been a very, very good boy this past year!!!




 

Netty wrote on Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:37 pm:


Very pretty Tom. We got a lot of snow last night too, but somehow it always looks better at someone elses house!




 

Droopy wrote on Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:46 pm:


Lovely photos Tom! I prefer dry snow for shovelling, and when everything is cleared, the milder weather is welcome.

Netty, you are so right!




 

glendann wrote on Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:21 am:


Oh my gosh Tom.That is beautiful but just makes me dread Montana all the more.I guess this year will be a white Christmas this year for me.




 

Calomaar wrote on Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:25 am:


Thanks Eileen, I my call on you for a reference when Santa's elves come checking up on me. ( I personally think they're garden gnomes though, working a winter side job. I don't think that garden gnoming pays too well. ) It's not hard to get good photos, when the subject is so co-operative. I do also enjoy the view so much, and thank god that we can live in and enjoy such a wonderful place. There is beauty here year round, all you need to do is look for it, as I'm sure most folks think of their home areas.

Tom




 

Calomaar wrote on Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:36 am:


And Glendaan, you are going to love Montana, not just for being with your family, but the snow is such fun. You need to get out into it and make a snow angle,....and post a picture of it. Do it for your grand kids.




 

toni wrote on Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:16 pm:


Tom those pictures are lovely.
I really like the one of the deck looking out over the lake.
The pristine, untouched snow says calm and quiet to me, sitting a while where you were standing for the picture would be like heaven to me.





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