Well winter has arrived. We had -20 below zero two nights ago, it warmed up the next day to 20 above, but with that came 18" of snow. I have been clearing the driveway ever since. 800' driveway is a long drive to clear with a snow thrower. Lesley and I are going to look for an ATV with a plow today. More snow is forecast today and this week. Fun is fun, but enough is enough. We have been wanting an ATV for ice fishing anyway, so a great excuse to get one now.

Lesley had to stay at the hospital yesterday, I had taken her to work for the night shift supposed to pick her up the next morning. Ha! Travel was impossible, and she had to work the next night anyway, so she just stayed, yesterday I was clearing the driveway all day. More still to do today, but mostly done.

The dogs love the snow, run and play with their coats and booties on, dig in the snow, and just have fun. When Jasmine (a white Bichon) jumps from a cleared area into the snow she completely disappears. I told Lesley we need to tie an orange flag on her tail so we can see her. All we can see now is the black nose. Tippy is bigger and a Springer Spaniel, and has never seen snow until now. She lives up to her breed and "springs" right thru it. Until I cleared a spot for them, potty was interesting to watch!

The left knee and right shoulder seem to be protesting all the work, the ATV sounds like a great idea at the moment!

Well, time to go get Lesley, then go look at ATVs!