The Big Snow

On Wednesday morning, Jan. 28, we awoke to about 6 inches of snow, cold and sunny. The tops on the trash cans tell the story. This is the back yard from the back steps.

Our maple shows its bare branches against a welcome blue sky. It was about 13 degrees, wind chill about 4, when I took this picture.











Looks like we forgot to bring in the front porch furniture cushions when we brought in the plants! Well, they have snow cushions, now.


The wind sculpted the snow on the steps to our neighbor's deck. I hurried out to take a picture before Raymond and a friend arrived to scoop all of our walks and driveway. Boy, were we glad to see them.


The front step and mailbox are also snowed in. The footsteps belong to our snow shovelers, who were about to get to work.

Later on Wednesday afternoon we left on a winter retreat at one of our favorite places, Pere Marquette state park lodge on the Illinois River, just north of its confluence with the Mississippi at Grafton. I'll have pictures and an account of that trip after we get home and I can recharge the battery on our laptop! Meanwhile, stay warm, everyone.