Blizzard of 2010

It has been an unusually snowy winter for us. Last weekend we had an unexpected snowstorm that left us with about 6 inches. Then Tuesday morning we had more snow. Seen here - just a few inches outside of our kitchen window.

This weekend we are getting a blizzard and expecting close to 2 feet of snow. It's been over 10 years since we've had this much snow. Since my dad is away, and we have to keep an eye on his cat, Dusty, on the weekends (he has pet sitters coming in during the week), we figured we should bring him to our house since we'll be snowed in. This hasn't been too bad so far , considering we have 2 cats and a dog. Most of them are doing a good job of ignoring each other and staying in different parts of the house. Dusty is craving attention, though. Last night he sat at Paul's feet while he was on the computer.

Before I went to bed last night, the snow had started. Here's the view outside our front door at 10pm.

And here's the same view this morning at 7am.

If you look closely, you can see that they actually plowed the street during the night - there are big piles of snow at the edge of the street - but the streets are already covered again. I'd say we had about 12 inches at this point and the snow is not scheduled to end until tonight.