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After a bit of spring-like weather, a blast of winter re-emerged last night, giving us several fresh inches of snow.
I pulled out the fisheye adapter for these shots - trying to distort the snow as much as I can!
Even Sammy wasn't happy with the snow:
The good thing - it's wet and the temperatures aren't too low. I'm hoping this will be the last Blast of Winter.
Wednesday morning we woke to several inches of snow on top of granular snow on top of ice. And wind.
[Truthfully, we didn't receive as much snow as we expected - North of us, the snow fell heavily and South of us, freezing ice covered everything]
We started to shovel the driveway, down to the ice layer.
Yeah, I really don't mind shoveling snow as long as it's not too cold.
Later on, our neighbor, Bob plowed the cul-de-sac and all the driveways. What a great neighbor. Even better, he mounds all the snow by our driveway so the kids can use it for snow forts, sledding, snowball fights, etc.
The kids also like to slide off Buck and Jill's backyard deck, after covering it with snow.
They enjoyed the fun while they could because it was back to school on Thursday.
The news of the week - the weather. Things started Monday afternoon with freezing rain and sleet. The fun continued Tuesday with more ice, changing over to snow.
School was canceled Tuesday, so Erica invited some friends over and they tried sledding / surfing on the ice. I had fun playing with the video recorder on Brian's iTouch and captured this:
They worked hard building a ramp out of cardboard.
But in the end, they just had fun.
I understand that having a teen in the house means a transition in interests. Instead of the constant hum of Disney Channel, we now endure TLC (What Not to Wear, The Cake Boss and Say Yes to the Dress). Nancy Drew mysteries have been replaced by The Clique Series and best sellers like The Lovely Bones.
So imagine my surprise when Erica wanted to buy these:
Apparently all the rage among teens - the cuddly and soft Pillow Pets. Yes - glorified, over-sized stuffed animals, quite similar to the 100 stuffed animals I sold at last year's garage sale.
"But it's a pillow" Erica tells me. "And they are SO soft".
I acquiesce and let her buy two. She's named the horse "Casey" because he looks like her favorite horse at the Stable. And that's Zoe the Zebra [again, named by Erica]. I'm glad there's still a little bit of "kid" in that teen head.
There's still lots of silliness between teen friends, too:
As the two of them get ready to play volleyball in the snow:
Technically, more than the weekend -
Thursday night - a full moon with snow means a cool exposure of the backyard:
Friday - it's retro day at Middle school.
Saturday -
It's cold outside and snowy, but I managed a 3 mile run after a Cage Fitness class. Running while the snow is falling is so peaceful.
The tulips are starting to fade -
I finished up the last of the photos from July's Italy trip. The pictures from Florence (Firenze) may be found here, on Flickr.
Sunday - The cats make a little bit of a fuss while watching the birds outside. They won't go outside, though - it's too cold!
Erica enjoyed dumplings for lunch (leftovers from last night's takeout)
Hope you had a great (and warm) weekend!
Erica has declared this year's snowman to be the biggest, best-est snowman ever.
She probably right - he's tall, handsome and bound to stick around for a while.
He's going to stick around, because our high temperatures won't get above 25degF over the next week. And the lows will be in the single digits!
I think Frosty is OK with that!
So much for the forecast of 1-2". We received over 6" (some reports measured 8", but that seems high), and it was the soft fluffy snow that sticks to everything. Add in temperatures just at freezing and you have nice, packable snow.
Really pretty, too...
Brian played out in the snow all day long.
And with the Thomas boys, the kids built two snowmen.
A perfect way to spend a Saturday in December!
Just another shot of the kids goofing off in the back yard. Today, both kids and I visited the dentist. Wow, another six months have flown by. No cavities, no issues.
We're enjoying the weather while we can - we've been spoiled these last two weeks!
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