Enough, Already!

Last year when I drove to Syracuse for the Villanova game, I thought that the 40 inches of new snow was exciting, novel, pretty, thrilling...  I even blogged about how much fun it was! Yippee!   That blizzard made the weekend such a special "adventure."

Enough of that!

OK.  Now we're on snowstorm Number Four (I'm not counting the little 3 and 4 inchers in-between).  This one dumped another 16 to 20 inches on us.  The snow-plow mountain at the end of our driveway rivals any commercial parking lot mound in "normal" winter conditions.
  

Poor Hogan has given up trying to tunnel his way into the backyard.  (We really have to come up with a solution for that).  That said, he can still retrieve a tennis ball when thrown and sunken into the fluffy stuff.  He comes up with a white face and a bright yellow ball!!

Hogan yearns to venture out into his domain -- the backyard-- but dares not!

I don't have any idea how the mailman is going to be able to reach our mailbox, despite the fact that we shoveled around the opening so that he can get at the little door.  I guess I shouldn't worry too much about that one.  They're the ones that brag about completing their appointed rounds...

The snow is piling up on the roof again and I'm keeping watch -- through our opened kitchen and dining room ceilings -- for signs of new leaks.  Maybe it's a good thing that we're tied up waiting for the insurance folks 'cause I don't think we've seen the last of the stuff.  I have the buckets and towels on call.

And, buried under it all is the 90-foot tulip tree that came crashing down into the backyard during the Dec. 26th storm.  I think it'll be a while before we even see the trunk of that tree!

What a mess!  When it started coming down hard yesterday afternoon, we started to wave a little white flag, but it got buried overnight!

Hello Miami?