Friday, December 14, 2007

Winter Wonder Land

Terry and I spent a little over an hour and a half clearing the snow from the driveway and deck this morning. I estimate we had about 8 inches of the white stuff on the ground. There were spots where the wind drifted it to nearly a foot and others where the depth was a little less because the wind blew it away.

Tracks of cottontails and deer were all over the area. In one spot on the lawn the deer had scrapped away the snow from the grass. Either they were looking to forage some of the greens or they were in either combat or mating mode (it's difficult to tell). I can make out tracks from at least three large deer and two smaller ones all converging on the scraped away snow. All the tracks then head on down the trail toward the open field beyond. I didn't follow them to see where they went.

At least we are cleared out for now. There's a bigger storm heading our way late Saturday into Sunday that the forecasters are saying may drop a foot or more on the Aerie. It may drop 18 inches or more on the Bolt Hole. If that's what happens, I may have to spend Monday clearing up here and then head to the Bolt Hole to clear that patch and shovel some of the roofs.

Winter...ya gotta love it!

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