Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

This little guy was attempting to locate the least cold place around. I'm hoping he and his buddies considered furloughing underneath the patio, out of the wind's way.

What road?

I shot this picture while lying on my belly in the breakfast nook. Of course, I was heating the outdoors while doing so.

The drift on the right side of the patio is pretty obvious.

These are drifts out front.

Even the trash bin had its day in the sun, so to speak.

The roof gets a little drift time, too.

Now come the standard "cute doggies in the snow" pictures. Squidley took Deutsch and Scout outdoors for a little playtime, and they loved it.

Longer legs would sure come in handy.

Scout picks up the snowball Squidley threw during their friendly little game of fetch.

The snowball is still in front of him.

Scout tries again.

Got it!

Ready for another round.

Now Deutsch is ready to get into the act.

Trailblazing!

It's a flying dachshund!

Scout performs his disappearing act.

Scout retrieves a really big snowball and hurries to return it to Squidley.

What a good team Scout and Squidley make!

Deutsch and Scout are back indoors, dry and toasty warm.

We'd been waiting all day for this vehicle to show up and were very happy it at last made it.

So, the various news outlets are referring to this storm as the Blizzard of 2010. That's funny. Just last week they were calling last week's storm by the same name. Wouldn't it make much more sense to give it a different name. Something like, say, "Part Deux" or "The Sequel," or perhaps even something like "The Blizzard of 2010: the Evil Twin."

As much as we're enjoying the positive aspects of last week's and this week's snows, we are not without compassion for those who are without power. Many, many of those have been without power since last week's storm. We just pray that things will be back to normal for them very soon.

And, on the subject of snow, it is predicted that there will be more for us during the next week, and I can tell you right now that my daffodils "to be" are not going to like that one little bit. Perhaps if the snow is not accompanied by a blizzard, conditions will be more tolerable. Especially in terms of the temps, 'cause I'm telling you, it is so cold when the wind is blowing snow all the way from here to Kalamazoo. Otherwise, it wouldn't be as big a deal. But that wind. Yeow!

Well, it has been a very busy day, and we are all ready to get into the beddy bye.

Everyone take very good care.

Nighty night.