More cold weather

Here are more photos of our winter weather. We lost power on wednesday and it (thankfully) came back on, on thursday afternoon. I have now realized how much we take electricity for granted. Wednesday morning we woke up to a very cold house; our thermostat only goes down to 50 degrees and I'm sure we were well under that. There are so many people that not only do not have power (since tuesday) but also don't have water. Despite the disaster this ice/snow storm is causing for so many, the landscape here is unbelievably gorgeous. My photos don't come close to doing it justice.



This is the thick layer of ice that is covering everything.




All the trees are so weighted down with ice that they are bowing downward. So many of the trees can't hold the weight of the ice and just snap.




Can you see the two deer? Pretty good camo.


Kinda funny....





Trinity, this one's for you. His name is Snowball...later, Daisy ate him (see pictures below). I've never experienced frostbite, but I'm pretty sure Stoney and I had the beginning stages after making Snowball.









If anyone can guess what kind of track this is, I will give you...a big hug the next time I see you. Leave your guesses in the comments section below.

Brrrrr...We're not in Texas anymore!

Last night around midnight it started sleeting. The sleet turned to rain and the rain turned to layers, and layers, and layers of ice on the ground. Following the rain was some snow and then some rain again. All the schools are closed and they say it's going to be worse tomorrow. Our poor dog has no idea what's going on. Earlier she really had to go outside (for the restroom ;) and she slipped and slid around trying to figure out what to do...hah. All of you who are also experiencing this weather, be safe and stay warm.