Hello dear friends! I am happy to report that we have weathered Blizzard Nemo with minimal damage – both physical and psychological.

As we discuss on this week’s show, the final tally in our front yard was about 22 inches, and happily we never lost power. Whoop!

The front door is completely buried and the trees looking a little worse for wear – but that works with my master plan which is to remove all the plantings and build a farmers porch on the front of our house.

After daddy, who had to go outside to snow blow, Sophie was the first to venture outside. We were a little afraid the back deck was going to fall off due to the weight of the snow.

Then she got stuck. Or, more specifically, her snow boot got stuck. So daddy went to the rescue.

And then he twisted his knee and I had to put down the camera to go get snow pants so I could rescue the rescuer. Yes, I took a few snapshots first.

When Anders finally made it out, he was pretty impressed.

Finally free from our house, there was much running….

leaping…

Snow angels…

And general winter happiness.

Even our garden had a bright blossom. Okay, so it’s made of glass and I should have brought it inside this fall, but it still made me smile.

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!