The Blizzard of '11

Ol' Mother Nature nailed us over the past 24 hours. What's been tagged as The Blizzard of 2011 began late Tuesday afternoon and finally settled down at around noon Wednesday.

This greeted me when I opened the side door
of the garage...15" straight out!

One local TV station says our little town got 17 inches of snow, with temps in the teens and gusts to 45 mph. We were rockin' and rollin' all night, that's for sure!

Our deck gathered over three feet of snow. 

The grill grew quite a bit overnight!

Thank goodness for teenagers and snowblowers
when it comes time to move that much snow!

For the first time in my memory, we did have a "snow day" from work today, as the office was closed. The Michigan State Police called for essential travel only, which was no problem as far as I was concerned. A nice midweek break!

We weren't alone with this storm: it began in Texas and finished up in Maine. Almost 1/3 of the country was affected to one extent or another.

I hear the large rat in Pennsylvania didn't see his shadow today, so Spring can't be far away, right?