Isn't it SPRING yet?

Now they're adding wind? This just gets better and better - will spring ever get here?

...RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BY MID EVENING... MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...ACTING TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FIGURED NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE HEAVY WET SNOW EXITS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

I was asked this morning if the barn in the above picture was ours... I wish, but nope not that one - I just LOVE old barn pictures. This one is ours:

Hubby is thinking of turning it into a work shop... maybe...

Snow, snow go away - come again some other day

I borrowed this from my friend Dolly, but I really needed it. This is exactly how I feel today.

Winter Snow time

I posted the Fall color pictures, so I thought I'd post Winter too and then Spring and Summer to depict an entire year here in the North Woods.

A snowboarder catches a gust on Teal Lake while a herd of deer check out the offerings on top of the paint river recently frozen over.

During the summer, Whiskey could stand on her hind legs and snatch a fresh apple from the lower branches of the the obviously endless apple tree (it's February in the U.P. and I still have apples!!!!!!). Now, she just stands there and waits for them to fall or digs with her snout in the 3 feet (that's a 4 foot fence behind her) deep snow for the ones that have recently fallen. Gunner just wants someone to play ball with him.

Iceberg - snow not lettuce

Hubby cleared off the entire driveway (obviously we don't need to open that door) except for this one 'berg' after the last blizzard. Mother nature got him back though. We had another blizzard yesterday and you can't tell where the berg used to be, cuz the whole driveway is that height again.

~*~Blizzard~*~

The picture on the left was early this AM. The picture on the right was 5PM. Weather reports are predicting 1-2 inches per hour through the night and tomorrow morning with 40 mile an hour gusting wind. We're staying home tonight with hot cocoa and snuggled in!