Mary, sometimes you just gotta knock on wood!
You are colder than us! We are 26° with a wind chill of 13.

We had a few inches of wet snow on Sunday night, snowflakes as big as your palm... it was beautiful. Overnight the temps went down and flash froze it to everything. Cold temps all week kept it from melting and the new snow is piled up on top....
Apple tree


a section of the garden


Pretty out there, but really cold.
Hope everyone is safe and warm this morning.

@Char, do you have high winds like the coast? I do not know your exact location but I am sure it is biting cold. Glad you still have your power!

SAndy's ready to brave the cold...

We have had the high winds here all day yesterday and last night but seems pretty calm out right now. We ended up with about 6 to 8 inches of snow and it is -5 out right now. I will be sending hubby for groceries. I won't venture out when it is this cold.

Good morning. It sunny and -4° with over 12" of snow. Of course the west wind blew more snow to my back door which is my way out of the house. I have not gone out since New Year's Eve, but my son came over yesterday and shoveled. I am not going out until tomorrow, and that is only because I have a regular Saturday night date.

We got a few inches of snow overnight, 26 degrees. Had a deer in the back yard again, must have been before the snow started, the little bugger cleaned out the bird feeders then laid down and rested in front of the fir tree, there is a bare patch there.

It has been what I would call "breezy", the windchimes are ringing but not enough to blow my straw hat off. Yes... I am still roaming around outside in a straw hat and my green garden shoes once the snow has been plowed and shoveled. I did hang up my worn out fleece jacket a few days ago for a winter coat In only 4 or 5 months this will all be remembered as just another cold winter as the trees leaf out and the garden starts to grow. Wind is suppose to pick up tonight bringing temps down to the -30 to - 40 range. ( I may be rethinking the only 4 or 5 months part and looking for a ticket to somewhere warm and sunny!) For now I am content inside planting daylily seeds!

Char, glar you still have your power!

-4 here this morning when I took the dogs out. Beautiful bright blue clear sky. Sun shining thousands of diamonds on the snow as it shines morning light through the woods.

Josie refused to "go" ... She just kept lifting one leg up after the other and looking pitiful. So, I brought her in, and found her winter socks and boots and put them on for the first time this year. She has never really liked wearing them... She just humors me and puts up with it. Well, this morning, I think she figured out what their function was! She did part of what she needed to, but still refused to do her "#1" with the boots on. So, back inside. This time, I put Musher's Secret Paw Wax on her pads, fed her to give it time to soak in and tried again. She ran out, did her thing and ran back in lickity split!

(Josie has boots because as my Service Dog, we go out to places where there has been a lot of salt put down, which could damage her paws... So I have trained her to wear boots if need be...but that does not mean that she does not think they are totally beneath her dignity!)

Our old dog, Allie has more hair on her feet and does not seem nearly as sensitive. she went out, took care of business, came back in. Usually she likes to stand and observe a few minutes... Look for squirrels, smell for rabbits.. Not this morning. "let me back in, please!"

Actually, I think Josie is either a Prima Donna, or... Possibly spoiled rotten... For a Border Collie, she hates to get her feet in any mud, wet, etc. Very Prissy!

I was thinking about the Life Below Zero people, and the Alaska Last Frontier... With out houses in -40 degrees... And very happy I have indoor plumbing this morning!

I don't know how anyone functions in below zero temperatures. Hope everyone is safe and with power. I am really glad my power stayed on.

It is bright and sunny out but I have not been outside yet. They said it was below zero this morning and I am a wuss! Can't tell exactly how much snow. A lot but it has blown around so hard to tell how much.

Juli, so funny about Josie. I don't blame her. I don't want to go outside either.

Mary, Sandy looks great in her Santa suit!

Yes, Sandy is adorable! Even without the cute red coat!

it's actually doggy longjohns, and I have them in several colors. She didn't wear it for long - it's slightly too large, but the next smaller size is slightly too small. Ain't that always the way?

Char, you could come visit me, but the tempests INSIDE my house are probably worse than the one you have OUTSIDE your house. Have I said lately that I hate teenagers? Don't think I ever was one, myself.

Happy everyone here who lives in snow country is warm and dry, has power, and has indoor plumbing.

Char, what is that round thing in your photo... It looks like a satellite dish upside down? Do you grow vines on it?

I shoveled off my porch steps and I swept off the snow off my car windshield. Started on the front walk but got so cold I had to come back inside to warm up. Have to download the pictures that I took.

stay warm!

I feel almost guilty saying that it's 43 degrees here! If the wind wasn't blowing, it would feel very warm!

View off the patio



sideyard




more toward the front

Snowstorm Hercules

When I awakened this morning the temps registered -9 degrees below zero. This is the first thing I saw when I looked out my living-room windows.



After a hot cuppa of coffee, I wrapped myself up, layered my clothes carefully, found my trusty snow shovel, and started clearing my 2 decks. The sun finally appeared, and the views were breath-taking. I would say we had about 10" of snow. The mountain probably got a foot.

From the rear deck overlooking Sugarbush Ski Area.




Chickadee having breakfast on the suet holder.




From the front deck, and entrance to my home, some 'garden' pictures. The garden is buried between those 2 spruce trees, and winds its way down that slope. My plowman knows exactly where he can plow, and where not to. The second picture is taken from the rear deck looking over at part of the garden via the driveway. Plants are covered in snow.



As snowstorms go for Vermont, this was just business as usual. Skiers and boarders are in nirvana with the fresh powder snow. But even with the sun shining brilliantly, it is very cold. Overnight temps will be -15 degrees below zero and factoring in the wind chill, the weather guys say it will feel like -29 degrees below zero. Time for some hot cider with a dollop of rum.

I sincerely hope that everyone in the northeast who encountered this snowstorm is okay. Though messy, I think we dodged a bullet. I wouldn't be driving today until the snowplows have had a good run at cleaning up the highways and backroads. There will be black ice under the snow, and with these arctic temps, that ice won't be going anywhere.

Beautiful views Alex!