Blizzard 2012

This was the winter when our van and our generous neighbor's pick-up-with-plow got stuck in our driveway overnight.

Scenes from the next morning as we extract the vehicles...

Blizzard of 2011

We seem to be in the blizzard-every-year cycle in Wisconsin lately. This year was no exception to the rule.

Enjoy the snowy photos. They don't describe Cheeseheads as coming from the "frozen tundra" for nothing.

Yours Truly,  just beginning the bundling process
before attempting to walk the 1/4 mile to the mailbox in blizzard conditions.

Stanley, the Packer snowman, buried alive.

Drifts reaching the underside of our second story deck.
Note the patio furniture legs sticking out of the drift.

Drifts in front of our sliding door.

Check out the drifts.
That picnic table has a bench on top of it, with another picnic table on top of that.
And the drift is still significantly taller than three picnic tables.

The Never-Ending Winter

With snow to fill the record books and then some (nearly ninety inches this winter!), Joe and his plow got a good workout.












Joe's plow got stuck a few times this winter. Yes, that's Joe back there, digging out.














Your challenge: Find Joe amidst the snow. Looks like a white-out? Look carefully now... There you go... Right in the middle of the photo... Yes, that's the plow blade to the left, and the body of the tractor (with Joe atop) toward the right--just a shadow in the middle of one of our blizzards.









Before dark fell and before the storm was over, our deck was already piling up with mounds of snow...












And here's the backyard view from our bedroom window the next morning. Look at how the wind pushed the snow overnight! Beautiful!