Coat of Ice

Wow! A full night of freezing rain Saturday and snow all day Sunday. Weather report says we’re in for a couple more days of snow. Looks like my white Christmas came a little late. A foot of snow comes rarely to the Tri-Cities and has a nice way of slowing down the pace and adding a quiet hush to our corner of the world. Bob spent most of his afternoon scraping ice from windshields. We took a drive later and passed many families sledding with their children and dogs out in the streets. Not so smart, considering motorists like us were driving on a snow-covered sheet of ice. Here’s how it looked on the windshield …

Ice-covered windshield

The lilac buds and tree branches were encased in ice …

lilac buds

Icy tree branch

Alex and Annie had a snow fight.

Shoveling

I think Alex won.

Snowfight

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