20 February

icicle in the kitchen window

the wind is howling and crashing over our rather tiny island

the wind chill temperatures are down to -14

the kitchen smells like fresh coffee

and the sunrise warms the old wooden floor beneath my feet

i can't help but pause to admire the beauty of

a smallish icicle hanging from the eaves

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We are absolutely covered in snow here near Boston.

traffic moves at a crawl because the roads are so snow filled

that they are reduced to one lane

and you can just forget about parking

if you'd like to see a few more pictures of our snowy landscape

there are more in the posts above this one

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the other day I watched as the tractors scooped up snow and dumped it into trucks

which then drove it over to the parking lot and dumped it

then turned around to pick up another load

it looked like a little Tonka truck village

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When the temperatures get down below zero, as they have been, I tend to turn the 

oven on for long slow cooked meats or baking

so, our house is well warmed and we are well fed.

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Today has dawned sunny...if not quite warm

and we are well shoveled out

it is almost the end of February

and though i hesitate to jinx things....

Spring is just around the corner

so all is well...

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friday my town shoot-out

willy-nilly friday 5