Let’s hope it goes out like a meek little warm and sunny lamb. Took these late last night.

HK appears to be happy about this.

I didn’t take a photo of the serene, unspoilt white blanket in the back yard because it was criss-crossed with deer tracks (Charlotte and six of her friends were visiting last night), and my tracks from going down to brush snow off the feeders last night, and covered with enough birds to suit Alfred Hitchcock. It’s pretty, though, and we did get a little more snow after I went to bed.

Well, it’s not serene and untouched, but it’s documented.

Hop-hop-hop.

Hop-hop-hop-hop-hop-hop…

We got a lot of snow!

It took a long time to clear the patio and dig out HK. Then, P noticed that D’s car was stuck out in the street, and went over to ask if she wanted help getting it in the driveway. J isn’t home, and apparently, S broke the shovel at some point in time earlier, and just left. P and I shovelled enough to get the car in, then pushed until she got unstuck. E was having JV clear the road down to his house, so we said we’d be happy to pay for him to do down to ours. P needed to get out today to make his supply run, and we both have to work tomorrow. The guy with JV had a snowblower; he said $30, but P told him he’d give him $50. Worth it to get where we’re going. So, we’re all cleared out; Christ knows how long it will take before it occurs to the city that there’s snow on a dead end street with 9 houses on it. Maybe some time tomorrow, maybe not. Don’t care…street is clear, patio is shovelled, bird feeders clear and full, and I put out some dried mixed berries for the male and female robins we saw at the south side of the house, looking for food where there was no snow. I hope they found it.