California Dreamin'

 


 Ok, so this has been going on for 4 days now.  I suppose we could have gotten a whole lot more than the 12+ inches that have fallen so far.  But enough is enough.  It's only the beginning of December! And the forecast calls for another 4 days of the white stuff. 





Lucky Jim, he's basking in the sun in Mexico.  Missing the falling flakes.  His friend Pete left his car here.  And I had to put it on the lawn so the roofing guys could put the dumpster and trailer in the driveway.  (Yes, we're getting a new roof in the middle of the winter.)  Guess they'll have fun digging it out when they get home. (I can't deprive them of such fun!)

At least Jim bought the snow blower before he left for the sun and sand.  Thank you!

The reason Pete's car is buried in snow in the yard!  Yes, they brought it on Friday.  The dumpster comes tomorrow. Oh joy.  At least I'll only have half the driveway to clear now...

 You have to admit, though, the stuff is pretty.

And it makes the Christmas decorations sparkle.









 

bye, bye purple!

When we bought this house, most of the rooms were tastefully done...except the upstairs bathroom.  Sponge painted, purple on white!!!

We decided that it had to go, right away.  Well, two and a half years later, it's still purple...until this weekend.  The time has come.  Procrastinate no more. 

So all day Saturday and a few hours on Sunday, I took the room apart, taped, cut in and rolled.  And slowly it was transformed...from ghastly, to nice!

So, I'll give it 24 hours to cure, and then put the room back together (I'm saving a few things for Jim to do...running off to Mexico won't save him from this project). 

Stay tuned...

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

A few inches on Wednesday...Buffalo got enough to close the Thruway.

Teased with a nice day on Friday.

More snow on Saturday.

On Sunday, it's looking like a blizzard has hit.

At first it was just snowing a little.  So I decided to stay ahead of the game and shovel the driveway.  As soon as I got in the house, it really started coming down hard...big, fat flakes. 

The driveway is covered, you can hardly see across the street. 

We might get up to a foot by morning.

Yeah snow!
 



  

O Christmas Tree

lost glove or marked tree? 

field of weeds and trees

 A  new tradition built on an old one...
Cutting a fresh Christmas tree with Meghan and Andy. 
Walking the fields for an hour in search of the perfect tree.
Bundled up to stay warm. 
Looking at hundreds of trees and other more peculiar sights. 
Looking forward to hot chocolate and a fire afterward. 

this one or that one?

this one will be perfect

Well, not quite.  Meghan got cold. And the trees i liked were deep in the field across the street.  Luckily there were a few Austrian Pines already cut and i found my perfect tree there.

And, indeed, it's 

       perfect.        

I think it's beautiful.