REALITY!!!!

Because all of you who read my blog have not seen enough winter pictures here on the blog in the last eight weeks, I have decided to post a few more. YIPEE!! After I posted last Tuesday I realized that all the pictures I had taken of our Arctic loveliness are from more or less the same view - our front porch - because I did not really want to venture out in that loveliness. So later Tuesday I decided to dress like an Eskimo and do some venturing! Drum roll please!!!!
First up is the picket fences in our back yard. The fences are about four feet high when you can see from top to bottom.
Will start with the fence on the North side of the yard - if you look really closely in the middle of the pic. you can literally see just the tips of the fence thanks to the lovely little drift in our yard - did I say little - Okay, so it is nearly four feet deep. Makes a terrific fort for the boys!:)

 

This is the fence on the south side of our yard. Only buried under about 2 feet of snow- this spot the wind moved a little bit of snow away from the fence into our neighbors yard - Yeah, for him - we won't miss it and neither will he since he is currently spending time in a warmer climate!

 

Now for the swing set in the middle of the fences - the one that the kids won't be using anytime soon- impossible to get any leg room or velocity at present time. All though you could have a really cold wet seat of your pants should you care to give it a try. :)

 

And last, but, not least, our mailbox which is only a hard to find opening in the middle of that mess - look for that lovely little red flag buried in the snow bank. Our poor mailman - mail deliveries are difficult at best these days - it is like that all up and down our street. (incidently the kids need absolutely no help getting into that tree next to the snowbank - where as in the summer they look for something to use to boost themselves up to those bottom branches.)

 

The reality is we've had alot of snow in the past eight weeks - the last official count I heard was some where right around 50 inches - or roughly four feet. And just for fun - because we don't already have enough snow they are predicting another 3 to 6 inches in the next 48 hours. Won't that be nice!!! :)