Yep, still winter

This is what our yard looked like a few days ago. As you can see, our resident Newfie prefers the cooler, wetter to the nice dry sidewalk of our patio. By yesterday, naturally, all of it was gone except for the "iceberg" heaps from plows and shovels.

Then comes the wet, chilly mist that you know in your bones brings more winter weather. It obscures the streetlights, makes you shiver as you wait for the car to warm up, and seems to suck all the moisture out of your skin so that you need lotion applied 20 times a day.

Now here is my favorite part: waking up in the morning to that incredible stillness. That special kind of quiet that can only mean one thing- SNOW DAY!!!

You guessed it. This is the view out our patio door to the left. The little tree looked really pretty from my upstairs bathroom window.

This is the view to the right. You can see how much snow is on the chairs, and they're almost right up against our house!

An often photographed tree between our house and our neighbor Christine's. They are planted between her driveway and ours, and are some of the oldest trees in our neighborhood. Considering our house was built in 2001, it gives you some idea of their size. I love them all year long but they really are spectacular all laced with winter!