January Snow

What a storm it was!

It dumped 8" on our area.....

in a very short amount of time.

It was beautiful last night ~

the snow came down.....poured actually,

and stuck in all the trees

to present a "winter wonderland".

Alden decided he'd better get a start on the "snow blowing"....

{we are most thankful our dear "across the street" neighbor

bought a snow blower last year}

He did her driveway and sidewalks....

and got to ours as well.

A snow plow even made it's way to our street ~ We were surprised that Burke made the National News/Weather this morning. What fun!

When we woke ~ the sun was peeking through the clouds.....

Enjoyed going from window to window to see the sights ~

then we headed out to finish up shoveling ~

our own and some neighbors. :)

Beautiful sights to behold ~

We lost a branch from our maple tree out back ~

this storm was something else.

Many people were without power (we were thankful to have ours!), and

the heavy snow caused many branches to fall around the area.

If you could have "heard" the effects of this storm ~

thunder, branches cracking and falling, transformers popping (the sound and the blue light).

Quite a storm to remember.

It is beautiful ~

January 2011

Snowstorm

Content. Happy!