HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON, EVERYONE!
We up here in the Northwoods of Minnesota are in the middle of our first big winter snowstorm of 2013.
Temperatures are still pretty mild but expected to get way below zero this afternoon and this evening.
We have at least 12″ of snow on the ground, if not more and many, many schools and businesses are closed around the area.
But luckily, the snow isn’t quite as deep as it was last year when I took this picture of our driveway on APRIL 15, 2012!
I am so thankful that I purchased the “new-to-me” used 2011 Ford Escape with 4-wheel drive in 2013!
Otherwise, I would not have been able to get out of the driveway to get groceries this week.
Thank goodness we contracted with our St. Louis County Highway Department to plow the driveway each winter.
But since we’re the low man on the totem pole to get plowed out, it can be late in the day to get a clear driveway.
First come the county roads, then the townships, and last are the private driveways. So we wait…
My poor little 2001 Ford Focus SE with only front-wheel drive got stuck in the driveway several times over the last couple of years.
Great day to stay close to the wood stove and finish up on the seatweaving repair chair projects I need to finish by the end of this year and also get my bookwork ready for tax season.
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What would this winter holiday season be like without the snow? How odd it would seem, for me at least.
I’ve been in California in the winter, and it just doesn’t seem right to see Christmas lights and decorations all over the houses and trees, with not even a hint of snow anywhere! Odd, very odd indeed.
I’m enjoying the Northland winter snowstorm! What about you? How are you faring in your winter wonderland? Let me know in the comment section below.
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Happy Weaving, until next time!
Snow is so pretty. Eric will be experiencing his first Christmas with no snow! I lived in Texas for a couple years and it never felt like the holidays down there with no snow on the ground. So I know what u mean! Glad u got yourself a new and better vehicle!
Lynne aka thebasketmakerswife.com
No snow in Tennessee in the winters? Maybe Eric could go home over the holidays, if for no other reason than to just bask in the snow?
Something’s just not right when there’s no snow at all in the winter around Christmas time.