Driving Down

Feather River, elev. 4000 ft.

Feather River, elev. 2000 ft.

Foothills

Grass!

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There and Back

Well, today I drove down to Paradise, through the snow, and the slush, and the rain, and the hail, and the snow again. It will take about an hour and 45 minutes to drive on a sunny, dry day, but today it took almost three hours. I met the midwives there. They’re lovely. They have [...]

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Deeper

Last week:

This week:

The forecast:

Today
Tomorrow
Wed
Thu
Fri

 
 
 
 
 
 

Snow Showers/ Wind
Snow/ Wind
Snow
Snow Showers/ Wind
Snow Showers

High: 28°Low: 18°
High: 25°Low: 18°
High: 28°Low: 17°
High: 30°Low: 24°
High: 31°Low: 22°

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Maybe this is one of those “real” winters the locals keep telling us about.

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Wiggles Everywhere

Anna (age 6): Mommy, why do you have to wear a bra?
Me: Well, when you grow up your chest gets bigger, and you need a bra to keep it from wiggling around too much.
Anna: But what about your tummy?

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A few more. . .

Icicle harvest. These are the baby icicles. I wouldn’t let them near the four-foot-long killer ones.

 
Tencel skirt and fuzzy boots. I am so Westwood right now.

 
 
This poor baby tree fell victim to the snow plow. I’m sorry, baby tree.

 
 
And this is for Christine, because it always makes me think of her. It’s right across from [...]

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Le Grande Tour (finally)

For my mother, and any other interested parties. . .
 
The front, a week ago before all the new snow. Because we needed more snow.

 
The front door and living room. None of these houses has A/C, because there are only two really hot weeks in the summer, so a ceiling fan is nice.

 
 
Stove area and [...]

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Red-Letter Day

Attention, please! We have an announcement:
The ground snow is now touching the roof snow.
Holy cow.
Yesterday:

Today, after Jason knocked most of it down:

Digging out some daylight:

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Christmas, Again

Ack! I was supposed to do this before Christmas, but I totally forgot. This was a December game that Stephanie played.
I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may [...]

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Tag!

The pictures are coming. I still don’t have my card reader.
Renee tagged me for a love/hate meme. It seems pretty loose on the rules. You just list things you love and hate.
I love. . .
the first sweater day of fall.
when my kids act like best friends.
how big the moon looks on the horizon.
angsty, messed-up love [...]

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Slick

This is our third winter here. It’s icy in the winter. The streets are icy. The roof is icy. The yard is icy. And it’s thick, solid ice. Inches thick. Not the crackly, crunchy kind that’s fun to walk on. The kids pretend they’re skating every time we walk somewhere. And we’re moving. So yesterday [...]

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