Winter 2010
January 1-4 and . . . .
"The 'Blizzard Loop' of 2010"
The "Blizzard Loop"?

On New Year's Eve 2010 the next storm blew in, from the west as usual. This one differed, in that it was forecast as a "blizzard loop" pattern, which we haven't seen since "The Great Blizzard of '78" we were advised. I'd never heard the term before.

This one came from the west . . . .

It began here just after midnight and kept coming, and ain't stopped yet, hasn't even relented a little. Not a lot of accumulation, but nonstop . . .

Gilly, our mutual cat, is learning to live with being a shut-in -- not that he's happy about this situation. He decided to spend the night here, instead of trying to get home next door.

Saturday - Sunday, January 2-3, 2010

It's just kept falling, day two. . . .

Gilly has discovered the woodstove . . .

Gil found his hiding place, up in the storage room among the boxes. It took a while to finally find where he'd disappeared.

Monday, January 4, 2010
(God, is this getting old about now . . .)