SNOW SNOW AND MORE SNOW !!!

I left my bath water in the tub last night so we could use it to flush the toilet because as hard as it was snowing and piling up on the trees we knew we would loose our electric.
We said a prayer and went to bed.
We heard some branches fall below our house and the scanner was alive with tree down calls.
As I restlessly drifted off to sleep I had extra covers on the bed that felt good to snuggle under as I listened to the wind gusting the snow around outside.
We  were surprised and very very thankful this morning to have power as so many do not around the county.
We ate breakfast before we tackled the chores knowing chore time was going to be extended this morning.
This is a deep and very heavy snow fall that is difficult to walk through. As I trudged up to my chicken houses hubbie brought a snow shovel along so I could get all the gates and doors opened.
In the big hen house I noticed the door wouldn't open all the way and when we looked up we saw the sagging roof rafters, uh oh !!!
We finished getting feed and water to all the chickens who were choosing to stay inside their houses anyway. Hubbie shoveled paths to each lot and shoveled out spots for them to get to their water pans.

Looking at this path reminded me of a time when I was very young that my dad had to shovel paths from our house to the barn that looked a lot like this one.Then we went back and used an extended handled broom to rake the snow off the roofs of the hen house , the green house and Rocky's tarped lot.

I relocated the red rooster who normally patrols the garden and barn into this vacant dog lot where he can at least walk around and have a nice dry house .

We walked down the drive to check out the tree that fell across the driveway but decided to wait to cut it out because there was another tree looking like it might fall also and we didn't want it to fall on us.

The snow is beautiful and creates a white wonderland.

Our foot prints were getting filled back in pretty quickly with a heavy snow that has started falling again.

This is the how much snow we have on the ground at lunch time and it is still snowing lightly.

We came inside and dried out and warmed up and had some chicken and dumplings that I had put in the pressure pot before we went out this morning, it really hit the spot on a cold snowy day.
After a short rest we headed back out to try and get the tree out of the driveway since the wind had died down and the snow had stopped.
G-son and RL were outside playing in the snow at their house.

Aa was here with the four-wheeled tractor to drive up and down our drive way .
He used the tractor to lift the tree out of the drive way and we will cut it up when the snow is over.

We all came inside to rest and son's family had a late lunch of the chicken and dumplings and then some snow cream for dessert. G-son said he had waited a long long time for some of this tasty treat and had 2 big bowls.

RL said it was too cold for her .

At 4:30 we all got all our snow clothes back on and son's family went home while hubbie and I did the evening chores. Chores were pretty easy this evening because nothing seemed to have moved around any today and I basically just had to gather eggs and shut their house doors.
The red rooster that was relocated to the dog lot decided that wasn't where he wanted to spend the night and came to the front door to let us know he was out of the lot !!!  I carried him back up to his regular roosting box.
Whew !!!  I think every muscle I have is sore tonight from trudging around in the deep snow.
Feels good to get inside and have more chicken and dumplings and put my feet up for the evening.
Daughter sent me some pics of IR out in the snow at their apartment and said she liked eating the snow best of all.

Re sent me these pics of EL and BB who got out late this evening and got a few sled runs in.

Hopefully we will all get to have some sledding fun over there tomorrow.
#1 son built an igloo with g-son and RL when they got home.

Talked to #2 son and Tif today and they were also fortunate and didn't loose their power . Tif took pics of their new house in the snow and of little Bear in the snow.

There wasn't much difference in the road condition tonight as there was this morning and the snow began falling again just before dark.

All my Christmas decorations have gotten snow on them for the second year in a row.

There is predictions for maybe another 2-3 inches overnight tonight and early in the morning so everything is pretty much shut down tomorrow.

This is some of the totals around the area from earlier today.

Thankful for the blessings of this day and for the comforting and protective arms of Jesus Christ our Wonderful savior that is the Reason for this Season.
God Bless and Good Night