You've managed to make me homesick with those pictures. Even though I know that is crazy given that as I understand it, y'all got a ton more snow than we did.

Posted by sis at 4:48 PM, January 23, 2005 [Link]

You're not going to want to know how nice a day we had was....

Stay warm

Posted by Shelley at 6:15 PM, January 23, 2005 [Link]

Hey, Bear. Yeah, there was a lot of snow. I measured the snow on the deck at just under a foot. Not too bad, though. Snowblowers are God's gift to man. I can't believe I never had one before we bought the house. I always thought the midwest got more snow than we do here, but the reaction to the blizzard that hit you all a few weeks ago that dropped a foot and a half over much of the midwest and seemed to freak everyone out got me thinking otherwise. I'm sure you remember the two foot plus snowfalls a nor'easter can bring.

Shelley, the weather outside was frightful, but inside it was just fine. :-) Actually, I enjoyed the storm. We didn't have anywhere to go or anything we wanted to do this weekend anyway, so it was a good weekend to just get stuff done around the house and relax together. It was a good impetus to clean up the garage so I could put the car away before things got bad. I got some reading done. I was a bit cold after I cleared the drive for the second time today, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with a comforter and a couch. Other than that, I had no problem with just letting it snow....

Posted by ralph at 9:37 PM, January 23, 2005 [Link]

How in the world did you get the snowflakes to stay still long enough to photograph them?? Way cool...

Posted by BarbraAnn at 7:35 AM, January 24, 2005 [Link]

The foot and a half was south of us, actually. This was the first significant snow of the season in the Twin Cities. It was too cold to snow here. :-p

And yeah, I have to say, I'm honestly *not* impressed with the coping with snow here. Sure people think it's *normal* and *reasonable* to have snow on the ground for 6 months out of the year (and I think they're nuts). But with the cleaning it up... They suck here. They suck so bad I couldn't even begin to describe. They don't seem to have a clue how to deal with it.

I could surmise that maybe they're just so defeated that they don't bother with the cleaning of it well. But Yeah. So very not impressed.

Posted by sis at 11:26 AM, January 24, 2005 [Link]

wow... wonderful photos, ralph. it's been hot and a bit muggy here...

i would love to be teleported over there for a while and experience all that snow again. i do miss it a lot. but then i'll come back here again, thanks :)

Posted by deb at 3:06 AM, January 26, 2005 [Link]