Who named this winter storm after a cartoon fish?

The reports are not final yet, but I'm sure we moved 30 inches of snow.

This is what we woke to this morning after shoveling twice last night.  This picture is the back deck looking out to the pool.  Swim anyone?  If you can find the pool!  The dark horizontal object just over the railing is an 18" planter.


This picture is the other deck.  The dogs needed to have a place to "do their business" so shoveling came before coffee!  Since we didn't get ANY snow last year, it seems the snow gods wanted to make up for lost precipitation quotas. That grey item is the deck table and chairs under a cover.  That gives one a great perception of the snow's depth.


This will give everyone an idea of the depth of the snow when we began to shovel. The picture on the left is looking out to the road.  That is a car on the right side of the photo covered with the white stuff.  The picture on the left is at the clay studio door opened.  This door was clear of snow last night. 


It also was zero degree F with the wind chill at this hour in the morning.
 These cars and the driveway were cleared of snow at 10:00 PM last night.  This morning, this is what Nemo left us.


After three hours, and a lot of help, we are ready to rock-and-roll.  Of course, there isn't any place to go.  But we are ready in the event someone needs to meet us at a pub to cure cabin fever later this afternoon or tomorrow.


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  1. UnknownFebruary 9, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    It is so beautifu.... the boys and i are way jealous!

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