Snow Daze...

In memory of warmer days...I need to remind myself that sunny, warm weather will return to our area. Another storm warning has been issued for tomorrow with it calling for ice pellets, rain, snow ~ the kids' eyes are sparkling at the thought of another "snow day". No...puh-leaze! Haven't there been enough this year already??

Here are a couple of glimpses of why I miss summer...*sniff*...


Now I want you to pay attention to that cute little tree in the front yard. It's sort of a measuring stick for what happpens next...

If you look, REALLY HARD, you can just see the tops of little branches sticking out of the snow. We received that little tree as a housewarming gift, so it was newly planted this summer. Longtimers in this region tell me that all that snow makes for an excellent insulation, protecting little tree from the elements. Oh I hope so!!

My son graciously models for the pictures. Actually he's about 5'9" so I wanted him as a measuring stick (sorry, kid). At 14, almost 15, he's a fair bit taller than I am now...funny, I remember a time looking DOWN at both kids...This next picture I had on an earlier post, showing some of the fishing huts at a nearby wharf. It also shows the outdoor skating rink in action.

....Here is the same area in summer, with son once again posing for me. Isn't everything so wonderful...and GREEN??? I told you this area was for mooring boats ~ see them tied up to the bouys? Now there are CARS and TRUCKS parked over those spots!!

This final lonely looking photo I took a week ago, when hubby took the dogs for a walk across the lake during another snowfall. You can see him almost to the far side of the lake. I zoomed the camera in otherwise they'd look like little ants moving across some flat snow. Hubby was heading to the right because just out of range of this picture is the beaver's dam. In spite of all the walkers, skaters, etc, poking around the dam the beaver hasn't been seen since the fall. I'm ashamed to confess that I can't remember if the animals hibernate of not...guess that's my next quest.
(p.s., this was NOT the time hubby went through the ice for inquiring minds. He went through on our side, among the reeds, a week prior to this)