I think somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 inches of snow fell. It was 30-31F on the ground so the snow compacted as it fell.

The new snow thrower … my neighbor called it my “mini-tank” and I like that!! – had a good time. I was plenty tired when done, but took the advice of the salesman and had an easier time this round. The track drive is great traction, it is also a bit more work turning when doing some of the tighter spots like around the mailbox. All in all, though, with the heavy snow I still got all done in 2 hours with a 20 minute break at the halfway point so not bad at all. (I did miss seeing the big yellow backhoe, though … such a cheery machine!)

The temperature started dropping about noon. I can hear the wind high in the trees, but it is from the NNE so at ground level, we are in a wind shadow from Jewell Basin. Being in the wind shadow is a good thing. It is to be very windy and very cold tonight and very cold until Thursday.

Bear, Auggie and I enjoyed a bit of outside time today while it was still relatively balmy.

Scenes from a Snow day follow. The bird is a nuthatch…Auggie had his eye on it, but got tired of sitting in the snow, thankfully!