First Day of Spring: Snow

More Snow

It has snowed, yet again. Petunia was a good girl and did her thing in the backyard. I was ready to shovel but there was more snow coming so I just headed to work and will take care of things when I get back tonight. Unless our neighbors take pity upon us and help us out again...

A New Day

At 7 this morning, everything was coated with a thick, fluffy blanket of snow. I have recently been greeting snow with exasperation since that means shoveling (over and over again) but this snow was different. It was light and airy and easily swept away. It made everything look peaceful, new and covered up the mud, slush and ice from the previous snow storms.

It made today seem like a new day for our new president. Giving him a moment's respite, calm, and celebration while covering and quelling the trouble that we all know lies beneath the surface.

Poor Kid

It has been snowing all afternoon and our walk is covered yet again. Shoveling is such a Sisyphean task. I hope our neighbors like blondies because that is what they are getting for helping us the last 2 times this weekend!

I spoke to the son and thanked him for helping clear our stairwell. He very sweetly said it was the "neighborly thing to do." Good kid.

I Do Rely on the Kindess of Neighbors

My pink eye and I were spending a lovely morning at home and when I opened the door to walk Petunia, I was welcomed with a winter wonderland. Or, if you are me, "oh, crap, that means I have to shovel." Petunia was not psyched about walking so she just ran to the backyard to do her thing and we hid out in the house to wait for it to stop snowing. Then I heard a gas engine and scraping. My saviour Mr. Gonzalez was blowing everyone's sidewalks and walkways. He then came back to shovel the stairway and porch. He has already done this many times this season for us and the other neighbors who live on spinster and elderly people lane.

I gave Mr. Gonzalez our last giant apple pear last week when he cleared our walk and today, I baked some chocolate chip cookies. I used the recipe from the back of the Toll House chocolate chip bag which said it made 5 dozen cookies. Seriously? Maybe 5 dozen cookies the size of pennies. I ended up with around 2 dozen cookies. I baked them on parchment paper so the bottoms were nice and golden. I wish the Gonzalez's were home when I delivered them so they can eat them while they were still warm but alas, no one answered the door and I left the cookies behind the screen.

From there, I walked to the hardware store to get pet friendly salt. Petunia's paw froze but I couldn't pick her up and carry her like I normally do because of the salt. Then, when I was kicking a can out of our driveway (people have been leaving trash - youths!), my legs slipped out from under me and I landed on my back. Good thing I was bundled up (2 down jackets) and used to falling (snowboarding).

Snowstorm

Lord, please, may the trains keep running.