Snow day

February 25, 2007 (3:20pm)
28º F, Snow, E wind 8 mph.

Good afternoon,

The snow is falling and the guys are turning some fast NASCAR circles (actually D’s) in California. What more could a guy want?

It started to snow last night and hasn’t really stopped since. At the moment there is about a foot on the ground and reports are that we are to get anywhere from 3-6" more. About an hour ago, I decided to go out and do some shoveling. The snow had let up some, then it started to come again. Changed my mind. Guess I will be some busy tomorrow. I put the van at the end of the driveway, so at least we should be able to get out without too much effort. If the road is plowed. I put a tarp over the windshield, since the temperature is just below freezing. Either I will not have any ice on the glass or I will have the tarp frozen to the glass. Will find out tomorrow I think.

There is a pretty stiff wind when you are out of the woods, so everything is pretty much closed and at home. There was a road grader that went by about 9:00 A.M., but expect it is not noticeable any more. The interstate from Green Bay north is closed as is the other main road in the area, U.S. # 41. Highway # 29 west from Green Bay is also closed. The north/south interstate through a portion of the central part of the state is also closed. For several hours, roads from Madison to Milwaukee south and west were either closed or under restrictions. For most of the day, most of the roads in the state were snow covered and hazardous or worse, except a small portion of road up around Hurley all day. Have no idea why there were spared. The conditions are clearing some in the southern part of the state and working north. The UP of Michigan is now starting to feel the effects of the storm and will through out the night.

It really is beautiful out the windows. The snow if very wet and it is sticking to everything. Like a coat of frosting. Looking out the window to my left, toward the east, the pine trees are really beautiful. Kind of like the drawings you see on Christmas cards. Too bad my camera is in the van or I probably would take a few pictures. Not too sure why as the light is very flat. Maybe I could print them in black and white and things would look better. There are no color filters for digital cameras, so I have to play with the computer some. Never tried that in black and white.
Obviously we didn’t go to church today. Most of the churches in the area closed, but not ours. At least I didn’t see it reported anywhere. Seems crazy to me, but I don’t call the shots. We probably would not have been able to get out of the driveway in time, after the plow went through, anyway.

Margriet made some salmon patties with mashed rutabaga for supper last night - with dessert. We don’t normally have desserts, so that was a real treat. She made a dessert, Tiramisu, I first had at Astrid’s when in the Netherlands. Liked it then and still do. It calls for an Italian cheese and lady-fingers. We had neither, so she substituted cream cheese and vanilla wafers. Tasted very good and there still is some left - for now. The patties were very good too. We will have the leftovers of those with a dill sauce and homemade biscuits tonight. Dang but we eat good around here!

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><