Snow Days

After 48 hours of snow, the schools and universities finally all closed. The roads were covered with treacherous layers of ice and slush--Jo did a 360 on the McLaggan Flats, and ended up the wrong way round on the wrong side of the road. We put in a hard afternoon's shoveling, and I brought out the snowblower--which started very readily, once I remembered to turn on the gas valve. In the morning, we found that a thick mass of snow had curled over the edge of the sunporch roof and was pressing against the glass. I brought it all down with one heave. And now it looks as though we might finally see the sun again.