Winter Storm

We had a winter storm last week that was quite unusual for the pacific Northwest and it came at the end of the wettest month on record. It snowed 3-4 inches and stuck around for about 4 days, and dropped to the teens. Hardly a "killer" for those of you back East but quite a surprise for us seeing as we are so close to the water. Usually when it snows here it is gone in a day, but this time we got a real dense snow which melted a bit and turned to ice. Power was out for a while, and Langley was even out for a couple of days. The firs and cedars were transformed, their limbs bowed a little more than usual like graceful giants. Almost like they were reveling in their new white coats. For a week or so before this, Gabriella had been talking a lot about snowmen. We have some mugs that picture a snowman with a carrot nose so she added "snowman" to her vocabulary (which has been expanding exponentially) and then on a trip to Clinton I bought her a little homemade snowman, with a carrot nose of course, from the thrift store. Thinking that there was not much chance of snow coming anytime soon. What do you know, the next day it snowed and it was perfect for snowmen. She helped make one and got to put the carrot nose in herself. Unfortunately I only got a couple of pictures outside before my camera's memory stick crapped out.

Best Wishes to All