This picture was taken several days ago to show the snow we have. Little did I know that we would have more snow last Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday as well as a blizzard watch, warning and sustained winds 20-25 mph with gusts at 30+. Welcome to southern Minnesota! We live very close to town and as the storm approached on Saturday, we measured it's severity by "can you still see town??" Thank goodness the trees just outside the window never disappeared but the blizzard did keep us house-bound for forty eight
excruciating hours!! The grocery stores were busy and everyone was in a hurry to get home and stay safe. We missed Christmas at my brother's house. We missed a fun gathering at a friends house. We were bored and cranky and tired of looking at each other. The wind has finally died down and hopefully the county snow plow won't forget about us. In the mean time, I've gotten lots and lots of Christmas baking done. Puppy chow, chex mix, caramel corn, oreo bon bons, dipped pretzels...way too much good stuff! I need to get out of here!! We all hope tomorrow will be better!
This is a night time picture of an evergreen arrangement that I put on our front porch every winter. I cut evergreen boughs from the trees in the back of the farm and add red-twig dogwood twigs that I "borrow" from the neighbor to the south. (I've asked him if I could cut some and he told me that I could help myself anytime - it would help trim them!) We don't have an outlet on the east side of the house so I've been sad not to be able to put Christmas lights up. This year I ran an extension cord from the nearest outside outlet to the front porch and I now have beautiful colorful lights outside that make me smile everytime I drive up the driveway!
I tried to take a picture yesterday of the blowing snow but I don't think it does it justice. I kept an eye on the MN Dot website and they weren't advising any travel towards Mankato and today they are saying that some areas are impassible. I hope that nasty wind dies down and the plows can get out and we can move on with our business! Makes me appreciate the winters that haven't been quite this challenging!
This picture was taken several days ago to show the snow we have. Little did I know that we would have more snow last Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday as well as a blizzard watch, warning and sustained winds 20-25 mph with gusts at 30+. Welcome to southern Minnesota! We live very close to town and as the storm approached on Saturday, we measured it's severity by "can you still see town??" Thank goodness the trees just outside the window never disappeared but the blizzard did keep us house-bound for forty eight excruciating hours!! The grocery stores were busy and everyone was in a hurry to get home and stay safe. We missed Christmas at my brother's house. We missed a fun gathering at a friends house. We were bored and cranky and tired of looking at each other. The wind has finally died down and hopefully the county snow plow won't forget about us. In the mean time, I've gotten lots and lots of Christmas baking done. Puppy chow, chex mix, caramel corn, oreo bon bons, dipped pretzels...way too much good stuff! I need to get out of here!! We all hope tomorrow will be better!
This is a night time picture of an evergreen arrangement that I put on our front porch every winter. I cut evergreen boughs from the trees in the back of the farm and add red-twig dogwood twigs that I "borrow" from the neighbor to the south. (I've asked him if I could cut some and he told me that I could help myself anytime - it would help trim them!) We don't have an outlet on the east side of the house so I've been sad not to be able to put Christmas lights up. This year I ran an extension cord from the nearest outside outlet to the front porch and I now have beautiful colorful lights outside that make me smile everytime I drive up the driveway!
I tried to take a picture yesterday of the blowing snow but I don't think it does it justice. I kept an eye on the MN Dot website and they weren't advising any travel towards Mankato and today they are saying that some areas are impassible. I hope that nasty wind dies down and the plows can get out and we can move on with our business! Makes me appreciate the winters that haven't been quite this challenging! 
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