Daily Notes- Sunday, January 30th- And the Snow Is Done

 The front porch.  The bear my brother in law Roger carved for us as a house warming gift..  The neighbor down the street- a lawyer- shoveled our porch and sidewalk.  He and husband are now dueling over who clears the driveway with the snow blower. Men.  Me? I'd say have at it neighbor.

It snowed all day yesterday and into the night. Wind blowing the dry snow sideways.  Accumulation was at or under two feet.  Very light dry snow which is blowing all over the place.  The heavy wet stuff- well, that's killer.  The electricity never flickered.

Husband was clearing heavy snow the day he had his heart attack.  But Riley let us know it was his heart and we got him to the local ER fast enough and they got him all wired up and into an ambulance and the ER at the big surgery hospital 40 minutes away was waiting and rolled him right in to the operating room and then two days later opened his chest for the big heart surgery.  We take snow seriously.

Gary's brother died in his snow covered front yard in Wisconsin years ago- same age as my husband when his heart gave out. And their father the same age when he died.  That bear is always there.  On the front porch.  Like a protective guard dog.

Snow always brings back these twin memories.

So...the Sun is shining.  Bright sparkling WHITE everywhere.  Football today, I guess.

The Sunday paper was delivered an hour ago.  All is right with the World.  Another storm is rolling in..but we have today, the sunshine and what's not to like?, huh.  And Snow is the most excellent of fertilizers as the snow holds all kinds of minerals and moisture.  And we have the best neighbors.