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Snowbound

Today I saw a few neighbors digging out their vehicles, but most of them only got about halfway through before they gave up. A few people shoveled their walks while the snow was still falling. Futility: at least it's something to do.

Last night it didn't look like the storm would measure up to the hype.

By morning it was another story. And by afternoon it was looking pretty Snowpocalyptic.

My landlady's holly trees lost their tops and then some, but the junipers just took a bow.

Of course, I live in the basement, so I have a ground level view of the situation.

I hope the guy with the shovel shows up tomorrow. The snow is deeper than my boots are tall and while I'd like to get out, I don't think it would be worth the freezing of my knees. In the meantime I am keeping amused, but getting low on trashy novels and Parmesan cheese. A slog through the snow to the cheese boutique and the drugstore might be just the thing to make me appreciate the great indoors even more. A slog through the snow to the sidewalk might be more than sufficient.