Yes, my next door neighbor has a rooster weather vein. She kept telling me how excited she was to put it up. She told me that she thought that Audrey would love it. In my imagination it was smaller. :)
We got so much snow within a week. I was determined to get out and enjoy it. I had this idea of making Audrey a really large snow hill so she could sled in our backyard. It's been a while since I've been around snow. I forgot about how terrible powder is to pack....maybe I shouldn't even put powder and pack in the same sentence. I kept shoveling up mounds only to have it fall in a few minutes later when I tried to pack it down.
It's so cold here that more often than not our snow is powder. I'm sure the skiers love it but the Mom's trying to make snow hills and snow men for their kids hate it.
I decided that I would pile the snow up as high has I could and then maybe it would solidify over night. It turns out that it doesn't get warm enough here at night to solidify a pile of powdery snow. Paul....bless his soul got up early in the morning before we got up and added more snow. Then he spent an hour trying to pack it down with his boots. It wasn't as high as it could have gotten if the snow were wet, but it was perfect for Audrey. She spent and hour sliding down and climbing back up. Paul and I even got in a few rides. It was a beautiful Saturday morning full of smiles.
Now.....two months later I'm wishing for the snow to go away but it keeps coming back. It's like the gift that keeps on giving. Audrey begged me to go out and play in it yesterday and I couldn't bring myself to do it. It's making me grumpy and I don't like it. It's been a while since I've had snow on my birthday and I'm determined for it not to happen this year.....so go away snow....or I might just have to find myself a flame thrower and aim it at the sky. It is spring after all. I'm ready to garden!
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