Mother Nature dumped 22-25” of snow on us in the last 24 hours, mebbe a bit more.  I had my hubby take the below pics.

No husbands suffered frost bite during the taking of these photographs despite what they may claim, almost all were taken from the interior of the house.  I can’t say the same for puppies, who are none too pleased with us at the moment.

The infamous greenhouse… well, infamous if you followed along with the building of it on Reality Check.  The fireplace to the right stands about 7’ and the blob in the middle is a hanging pot on a pole.  The bush that appears as nothing more than a lump in the right-hand foreground is about 3.5’ tall.

The front steps.

Icicles on the front porch overhang.  *Somebody* needs to clean the gutters, apparently.

View through the half moon window taken from the 2^nd floor balcony looking toward the front, about 18’ up.  The squiggly things aren’t my husband’s curls, they are part of our whacky aluminum spiral lamp that hangs in the foyer.

View out the living room window on the northeast side of the house.  The fence is about 3’ tall.

Telephoto shot of the swing that sits in the back west corner in front of the stand of trees that divides the back into two sections.

The humongous 6’+ wind chimes that hang on the back patio.  For perspective, the tubes are about 3-3.5″ in diameter.

The sleeping porch that is attached to the master bedroom, as seen from the 2^nd floor guest bedroom window. The floor of this porch is the ceiling to the back patio.

The pond as seen from the 2^nd story guest window, looking directly down.  The top of the hippo fountain’s head stands about 2’ out of the water.  The pond is pretty big, it holds about 4,000 gallons of water and is about 3.5’ at its deepest, but it sure looks small from this perspective.  My sweetie dug the whole thing out with a shovel.

Hard to tell but the coral maple in the foreground has bright coral bark, it’s just gorgeous in the snow.  The arbor off in the distance stands about 7’. The waterfall into the pond runs from the right of the tree and back and uphill toward a stand of trees further to the right, but its edge is completely snow covered in this shot.

Telephoto shot of the arbor where the back divides in two, and the shed and evergreens beyond at the very back of our property.  It’s odd how the snow changes the depth perception, it’s gotta be at least 35 feet from the arbor to the shed.

Sprout, one of our bichons, contemplates the situation on the steps to the back patio outside the sliding doors in the den.  The smudges you see on the glass are original “nose paintings.”

Peony and Magnolia: What is it you find so funny, exactly?

Petunia: What?  You actually expect me to leave the steps?  I so don’t think so.  Let me in, I’ll poop in the den.

Sprout: Yeah, yeah, you’ve had your laugh.  In.  Now.

I love snow.  Hubby and puppies… not so much.

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