Snow Gear
A new meaning of the phrase 'dog shelter'
Keep in mind that we'd only been outside in this 20-degree day for... I dunno... SIX MINUTES. I had shoveled paths around the yard, and apparently they all lead back inside. Where it's WARM.
I massage Musher's Secret into the pads of their feet to prevent cracking and dryness, salt injury, and wadding of snow in-between Sadie's toes.
I finally broke down and ordered Sadie a full-body waterproof shell to avoid the snowball-butt woes. For anyone who's interested, this is Hurtta's Slush Combat Suit, size 22".
Snow Pile-up
Big snow landed on my house.
With 4 feet of snow sitting on my roof, I decided it was time to call in some help. These guys climbed up there in the snow and spent a few hours safely pushing my snow to the ground.
Christmas Lights
Lots of lights for my looooong house.
I bought icicle lights on clearance last February, since I need 10 sets of them to run the long span of my house.
Thanksgiving Snow and Fallen Trees
New England weather packs a festive wallop.
This ice and heavy snow took out power from early in the morning until late evening... so many turkeys got grilled outside today.
The tree leaning over my fence snapped like a toothpick, and then crunched my fence.
Snow Mountain
The dead end snow pile makes a great place to play.
Being at the end of a dead-end street means that the plow creates a giant mound of snow right outside my house. The downside is the sound of the plow waking me up at 3 am, and the back-up beeps sending Maddox into a panic. The upside is that I get to enjoy "Snow Mountain" and all the winter fun that it brings. For the first few months, I'd see children race their scooters to the edge of the snow, then run up the bank, slide down on their butts, and then race away again. This went on for a while, like they'd made up a triathlon of sorts. I love that my new neighborhood is a go-outside-and-play sort of place.
It wasn't until a few months later that I met the whole family.
