Snow

November 14th: views around our house of the first major snowfall of the season.

January 7th: took the boys to the bus stop at 6:20am. Nice that the Subaru can handle a bit of snow without clearing the driveway.

January 9th: 1/2 foot of snow on the ground near the deck.

January 12th

heading out of Echo Hills

January 21st

Snowville Rd

Cuyahoga River at Vaughn

Park Headquarters.

Glen clearing our driveway.

Hoist wheel from the Cottage.

February 1st.

more snow -- around 9" on the ground now

still snowing

tarp over the campfire pit is protecting Alan's pre-set kindling and wood.

February 2nd. Any self-respecting groundhog should just stay inside today.

Dried tulip poplar flower from last year.

snowflakes on my glove

Junko

woodpecker

February 5th.

1.5 feet in the front yard

February 14th.

it's cold; the birds puff up to make a better insulating layer.

'Hats' on all the lights.

February 15th.

The birds like to congregate at the front door -- it's a smidgeon warmer in the sun.

February 16th. 11 below zero! when including windchill, it dropped even farther. The boys had 4 days off from school because of windchill below -20.

February 19th.

February 20th, another bitterly cold morning.

March 3rd.

March 12th

warm enough for a squirrel to venture out

time to hit the beach! Alan is ready to jump in the car for the trip to the airport and thence to Jenny & David's wedding on 3-14-15 at Goleta Beach in California.