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Woke up to another foot or two of snow this morning.<\/p>\nWoke up to another foot or two of snow this morning.<\/p>\n
Great!<\/p>\n
That being said, it looks like the storm fronts are breaking up and we\u2019ve got some sun breaking through the clouds. It\u2019s doubtful that the sun will help much today because the temps will remain in the upper 20s.<\/p>\n
Seeing the sun gives one hope that warmer temps are on their way for at least 5 days. Then there\u2019s the possibility of more snow on Sunday and Monday. Fingers crossed it\u2019s just a dusting.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got some really great neighbors. After clearing the back decks and stairs for Jesse, I went out front and found my neighbors using their snow blowers to help clear a large portion of the driveway. I cleared the front deck and did the detail work that can\u2019t be done with a snow blower.<\/p>\n
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My driveway is almost wide enough for me to get my car out of the garage. I\u2019ve got to do more shovel work to widen it some more and open the driveway entrance up a bit to allow for more maneuvering to back out, or back into the garage. Right now there\u2019s just not enough width to allow making the turn.<\/p>\n
There are a couple of dogs who\u2019ve been roaming around the neighborhood for the past day or two. They look healthy, have collars, but no tags to allow us to contact their owners. They\u2019re friendly but I don\u2019t recognize them as \u201cLocals\u201d. It\u2019s likely that they simply walked over their fence on top of the snow. Jesse is also very close to figuring out that he could get over the fence if he really wanted to.<\/p>\n
Thankfully he\u2019s more interested in being with me, than roaming the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
These dogs may be wondering where their people are. No-one has been able to get into town for about five days. It\u2019s possible that the the owners of these dogs have been kept off the mountain by the storm. If these boys start looking hungry, I\u2019ll give them some of Jesse\u2019s food reserve so they don\u2019t starve waiting for their \u201cparents\u201d to come home.<\/p>\n
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The winds are dying down so it\u2019s not quite as nasty to be out and about.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s an agreeable symmetry to this storm.<\/p>\n
In 1992 the other half and I were planning the move into this house. It was mid March and had been warm and sunny for two weeks. The roads were clear and there was no snow to be seen. The night before the move, it snowed\u2026 A LOT! We ended up moving into this place using sleds. The local kids were more than willing to rent us their sleds for 10 bucks and the more entrepreneurial of those kids even provided the horse power to drag the sleds full of our meager household goods across the snow for us. At additional cost, of course!<\/p>\n
It was totally worth putting cash in those kids hands.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re long gone now, having left to start their own families but their faces lighting up as we handed them $20s for their work was well worth it. Their Fathers and Mothers smiling about the industriousness of their children was worth it too. The neighbors also knew we were stand up folks and welcomed us. We\u2019d fed their children while they worked and made sure they took rest breaks and were safe.<\/p>\n
Now that the other half is gone, somehow a snowstorm seems appropriate. This is my last Winter in my little mountain town.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still much to do, and the logistics of moving are daunting. But I\u2019m convinced that leaving is probably the right thing to do. There are too many ghosts and memories here. Most of them happy, some of them sad, but the life I had is over.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to move on, hopefully a sweet couple who\u2019s just starting out, will buy this place. It\u2019s a good place, in a good town. Maybe whoever buys the place can make make a lifetime of cherished memories here as we did.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ll miss this place I\u2019ve called home for 30 some odd years, of that, there\u2019s no doubt. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll cry the last time I drive away.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll have to make time to appreciate this last spring here at this place, my home. I\u2019ll also have to remember to take in the spectacular sunrises and sunsets.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s always been something magical about the light here. I\u2019ll miss that too.<\/p>\n
The road ahead beckons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Woke up to another foot or two of snow this morning. Great! That being said, it looks like the storm fronts are breaking up and we\u2019ve got some sun breaking through the clouds. It\u2019s doubtful that the sun will help much today because the temps will remain in the upper 20s. Seeing the sun gives … <\/p>\n