whopper of the year!

I love to look up when photographing!

We got a decent snow starting yesterday morning and on through the night. Bill (who shoveled THREE separate times) estimates 14 inches. If you've never lived in a snowy climate, especially a small town, you've missed something fun. People out at all hours trying to keep ahead of the snowfall, neighbors helping each other, and most everyone cooking up a pot of soup or chili.

You'd almost think I LIKE snow, which I do when we get slammed with a big one. It's the weeks of winter road grit and slush that wear on me.

Anyway, in a way it's festive when normal life comes to a halt so that we can all dig out, eat soup and watch movies. One slight irritation with this storm is our directTV dish atop the house is covered with a snow drift. No TV. Bill mentioned firing tennis balls up there ...

Our daughter-in-love Jill came over today. Her hubby, our son Mark, has been out working for over 24 hours. His job? PLOWING for a landscape company. Please, folks ... be kind to the plow guys. They are working crazy long hours and doing the best they can.

Howling winds are predicted tonight, so instead of the Super Bowl tomorrow, we might have another round of super shoveling ... especially if our TV is still out!