Fresh snow

We had another snowfall yesterday and got perhaps 6" of fresh snow. This brings the snowfall total so far this winter to over four and a half feet. That may not sound like a lot if you live in Rochester (Hi, Nan and Walt) but it's a lot for Iowa; this is perhaps the fifth largest amount of snow on record here. And there's a lot of winter left...


Some freezing rain preceded the snow, and some very strong winds followed it, so travel was discouraged all day and almost all public activities were canceled. The picture shows the snow falling in the front yard, where it turned our deer screen into a big piece of lace, and in the back yard, where it made the woods quite magical. We were snug as a bug here and had a fire in the fireplace all day. We're again reminded of how very fortunate we are.