We got about 5 inches of snow, but the pretty fluffy snow we were envisioning was not to be. It was a heavy wet snow with gray skies. It was not particularly pretty until later in the afternoon when the flakes got bigger. We have a lot to clean up out there today and we’re not looking forward to it. We would love for someone to plow our driveway but since it is covered in Item 4 (a kind of gravel) and the plow has to go uphill, the gravel is plowed right up along with the snow. We’ve had it happen a few times in the past. That’s an expensive loss. This is the one time of the year that I envy our neighbors across the street who have flat properties and driveways.

So, it’s the snow blower today, along with the shovel. It will be quite cold for the next several days, so it’s not going to melt.

Winter is hitting us with a big old wallop!

Anyway, this will be short because we’ve got things to do!

Hope you’re all warm and cozy and that Mother Nature has been kind to you. Hopefully, the sun will come out today and it will look pretty out there.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

We have snow coming tomorrow. We knew it was in the forecast, but delayed running pre-snow errands until today. We have to check the shed to see if we have an leftover salt from last year (I think we do), we have to get out the snow shovels. Don has to start up the snowblower to make sure it runs. We have to run to the bank, to the hardware store, to the grocery store. Yikes!

We’re always excited at the thought of our first snowfall. We’ve had a few snow showers in the past couple of days, but not the 5 to 8 inches expected tomorrow. And it’s going to fall during the day, so we can watch it falling.

Don had a gig on Saturday that ended up being much longer than expected and it involved a lot of driving so he was very tired at the end of the day, which is why we stayed home yesterday. He needed to rest.

Rest in Peace to the brilliant playwright and human being, Tom Stoppard. To me, he was our greatest living playwright. I met him when I was working at the Old Globe and he was generous, kind, and so intelligent. He and Jack O’Brien, who was the Artistic Director at the Globe, forged a friendship and partnership with Jack eventually directing several of his plays on Broadway. I was honored and humbled to meet him.

Gilly in front of the little Christmas tree.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

The little white tree in the Den. This isn’t capturing the lights all that well, but they’re tiny and lovely. I do like this new tradition; setting up this little tree before Thanksgiving so we can get a little taste of Christmas before we officially decorate.

Our neighbors across the street sometimes have outdoor Christmas lights up and sometimes don’t. It varies from year to year. But this year, they got them up early – maybe two weeks ago? I suspect they, like most of us, really need some Christmas this year.

We had a lovely day yesterday. And boy, was dinner fabulous! The biscuits were the “best ever” according to Don, and we had the usual vegetarian “turkey” roast, mashed potatoes and veggie gravy, along with steamed carrots, and jellied cranberry slices. And pumpkin pie to top it all off, by which point I was incredibly overstuffed. Then we watched “Stranger Things.” Perfect.

Today, after having this task on my Things to Do list for four days in a row, I am finally going to put up our outdoor Christmas lights.

Tomorrow, or today, I’m not sure, I’ll start to decorate the dollhouses.

I hope you had a lovely day yesterday and I trust you’re going to take it easy today.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.