Back in Business!

Our cable TV/internet was fixed at 5 pm yesterday and our local schools reopen today!  It's amazing what problems snow in October can create.  We got over a foot of the stuff on October 29, before we even had our first hard frost.

As you can see, the snow is over the tops of my good old L.L. Bean boots!  Dawn knit the hat for me from the pattern on the cover of last winter's issue of Vogue Knitting.  She used the recommended yarn, which is soft and warm, but I'm having a hard time keeping the crown upright. I think it looks cute worn to the side like this.

This was the view Sunday morning, standing in the middle of our street, looking north:

And in the middle of the street, looking south:

Yup, our neighbor's tree fell across the road when it broke and took out our mailbox.

We lost the kousa dogwood next to the front walk/garage:

At the height of the storm Saturday night, we were woken by a loud CRACK!  WHOMP! WHOOSH!  as the top half of the pignut hickory snapped, fell on the guest room roof, and slid to the ground.  Fortunately the house doesn't appear to have any damage.

More photos tomorrow--be safe and warm, wherever you are!