Ice Day!

We've all heard of snow days...

...but around here we have to be unique

and have an Ice Day.

We had round one of the storm last night

and still have power ~ yeah!

For those of you that are lucky enough

to have never experienced an ice storm,

the problem is the power goes out. 

The ice coats the power lines and trees

and eventually both of these break and

we lose power. 

No power means no heat,  no heat means

 water lines can break and that is a big mess.

So we are waiting for round two to

hit later this afternoon.  It is supposed

continue through the night.

Kate and I are the only ones here this week.

 The storm was so bad Kate's school, Burris,
closed today and that rarely happens. 

I would be happy to get the blizzard

instead of the ice...

This is a photo of the woods behind our house.

There will be no hiking today because the

trees may break and start dropping their

branches.  When you step outside, you can

hear the crackle of the ice on the trees.

This is the view across the back fields,

I can't wait until they are

green and beautiful again!