SNOW and More SNOW.... 15 to 18 inches of the stuff.

Snow has been forecast for the last few days.  It was supposed to arrive Monday, stick around thru Tuesday and be sunny on Wednesday.  As strange as it may sound the snow arrived Monday afternoon and it snowed the rest of the day just like the forcast predicted... amazing.  It snowed all night.  It snowed Tuesday until about noon and it was clear enough to see the sunset Tuesday evening. 

Before the snow the yard looked like this:                     Tuesday morning the yard looked like this:

I waded through the snow to feed the birds.  In fact, I fed the birds twice on Tuesday for no other reason than I felt sorry for the little guys as all their food sources were buried in over a foot of snow.  A Coopers Hawk came buy Tuesday afternoon and searched each tree for birds.  It spooked a couple out of the trees but didn't have any success in catching them although it tried.  Exciting to watch.

I also waded through the snow to shake the trees next to the fence before their branches split because of the snow piled on them.  By the fence the snow had drifted to about 3 feet.  Getting the snow off the branches was a good thing.... for the trees.

So now it's evening and the skies have cleared and it is supposed to stay that way until Friday when it supposed to snow again.  Because the skies are clear and the snow is on the ground the weather guru's say we will have a inversion where the cold air is trapped on the ground.... tonights low is forecast to be -3 degrees.  The high temperature on Wednesday is supposed to be a balmy 18... WhooHoo!

Our house is well insulated.  We have a good enough furnace.  We have plenty of blankets.  We have a gas fireplace in case the heater goes south or the power fails.  We have food in the cupboards.  We are ready.  Bring it on Ma Nature... I ain't scared.  It's just winter!