Weekend Blizzard

Blizzards* here are pretty unusual, happening maybe once or twice in a decade. This weekend we received more snow than we got all of last year, perhaps the last two years.

*We call getting over a foot of snow a blizzard down here. Most of you probably call it "Thursday".

Friday night it began snowing. Jen had, fortunately, braved the grocery store earlier that day, and we were well stocked for a weekend at home. The supermarkets here become hotbeds of frenzied activity whenever the merest threat of snow is mentioned.

The next day we found ourselves literally snowed in.

Jen weathered the enforced isolation as best she could. It was touch and go for a bit.

Our two cats were of different minds regarding the snow. Collette, the older cat, was not impressed.

Posey, our more outdoorsy cat, however, did her best to get out and play.

The snow did get too deep for them, and Jen inculcated me to the great Canadian tradition of shoveling snow. Here we are ready to wage a futile battle against the building white stuff.

We also had to cater to the needs of our fine feathered friends. I had to re-fill the bird feeder three times that day. Hordes of grackles, wrens, sparrows, blue jays, cardinals, and even about 20 crows spent time eating in our back yard, much to the consternation of our cats.

By Sunday, the snow had stopped, and people were beginning to dig themselves out. We might as well, sometime.

The kids are testing out their musical abilities. Sadie's is an adaptation from her school concert and Matthew's is a rendition of his favorite superhero song.

I think you all know that I have been making custom leather knife sheaths for some guys through the gun and knife forums I participate in. Well it was all really a build up to me wanting to make a knife of my own. I finally did it.

I chose this style as it incorporates details I like in a hand made knife and the size is because I mostly use (or rather play with) a knife around the yard pruning bushes and stuff.

Here's some pics.

Let it Snow!

Saturday was fun in Maryland. We actually had to break out the snow shovel! This is a bit unusual for the beginning of December and caused great excitement. It also made us stay home for most of the day... people around here do not know how to drive in the snow!

This is from a while ago but I just found it again and intended to post it. It makes me laugh.

Sometimes I wonder about the boy. :)

Sadie's List

Sadie sent us a list of names she'd pre-approved:

At least she picked some good ones for us!

Her Royal Highness the Pink Princess Isabel.

Charlie by the fireplace

playing in the tunnel. It just occurred to me that that bottom right one of Charlie looks just like Dad in the picture of him and Carolyn.

Here's more video. Charlie dancing to the new Muse album. And a typical noisy evening at our house.