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« Oh-so-(and not so)-quiet January | Main | Sunshine »
Friday
Feb042011

You may have heard

that it snowed here.

A lot.

Dear future grandchildren,

See? the snow really WAS up over our heads

(or almost)

and we didn't have a snowblower

and we could barely reach to shovel it up over the walls of snow

(uphill both ways and all)

Ahh....photographic proof.

Our 4-5 snow days = Last day of school bumped to June 24th

(for now...).

So far we're holding on just fine. Lots of games and baking and elliptical machine-ing.  It's times like these that my floral philosophy is especially crucial.

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Reader Comments (6)

WOW! We don't have much in the way of snow, but tomorrow is our 4th day off of school because of the ice and loss of power. Rolling black-outs and sheet ice on the roads. It's nuts.

Saturday and Sunday were 75. Tuesday was 18. Welcome to Texas.

02.4.2011 | Unregistered CommenterRochelle

ugh.
pretty....
but, ugh.

(I'm still sore from shovelling our last {wettest, heaviest ever!} snow.)

(june 24th? double ugh.)

02.4.2011 | Unregistered Commentersevensmiles

Those pictures ARE. INSANE.

I would be pulling my hair out if I were you.

We are on our third snow day in a row, and we have maybe two to three inches. Stupid stupid stupid. I should email our superintendent your pics.

02.4.2011 | Unregistered CommenterChristie

I love this snow! But I know I won't be loving it so much on June 20-something-ish.
Still, Happy! Winter!
If it's going to be winter, we may as well have snow.
AND flowers.
:)

02.4.2011 | Unregistered CommenterJenny

OH! MY! GOSH!

02.5.2011 | Unregistered CommenterLinsey

Great photos of the burial of houses and mailboxes. It is amazing, and really kind of fun, no? No. Probably not. Love the tulips as a reminder of spring and colors other than white, and in our case, white and grayish yuck from the tenacious inversions we get here. Thanks for the beautiful pix.

02.7.2011 | Unregistered CommenterMa

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