A Marshmallow World

Here are the long-overdue pictures from last Saturday's blizzard. It goes on record as one of the biggest storms in history - over 16 inches in 24 hour. The worst part is that we will not be warm enough to melt this snow until, oh, April.

This is the shot of our backyard, and our fire pit. It stands a good two feet up from the ground.


Our mailboxes were almost buried, and when the snow plow came through on the street there was so much snow that it pushed our mailbox over a little. It will need a new post.


This is our garden - at least the top of it.


The morning the storm began, this is what our deck looked like -


You can see the ridge in the middle of the snow where the new snow had fallen - about six inches.

Here is what it looked like by the end of the day -


And the next morning, our door looked like this -


This is our street during the storm -


Mitch had to go out and brave the snow in order to snowblow the driveway. It had to be done twice - once during the storm, once after - so that way the snowblower would still be taller than the snow piles. In the end, there were drifts at the end of the driveway that were taller than 40 inches.


What did Gizmo and I do while Mitch was snowblowing? Stayed inside, of course. We enjoyed the fire -


Played with our stuffed animals -


And looked fashionable while staying warm -


I spent a couple of hours in the kitchen making comfort food.

And yes, I am aware that my cute baby bump is turning into a giant basketball. I am on track to be as big as a barn....again. Still a few months to go!

They are predicting more snow this weekend, and I think even into Monday. It can snow all it wants, as long as we can get out for the holidays!