Dogwood Acres, 02/07/11

DOGWOOD ACRES, 02/07/11, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. I began last week’s columns musing whether or not it would snow and did it ever! Just as we were recovering from the short end of “The Blizzard” we were hit with a “dusting” of 5” on Friday night. There was a lot more of that than the first round and most of it is still hanging on in our yard and driveway.
For the first three days of snow, the only tracks in our driveway were Ken Puchta’s boot prints. He was out walking and brought our mail to the house. We felt fortunate to have a mail carrier who delivered mail to our box every day, so to have Ken bring it to our door was an extra blessing.
We like to never got out of our driveway for church on Sunday evening. The afternoon had been warm enough to let the icy crunchy snow soften and the tires on my car just went round and round. After 10 minutes or so we finally inched our way out and made it to bare ground on the highway.
Rick has kept busy on potty duty with the puppy. The snow is very inconvenient for her so they have had to find bare ground. She didn’t like the cold at first but I got her a sweater and she soon was running circles in the snow.
I spent one of my snow days scanning old pictures into digital files. One has to wonder if digital pictures will last a lifetime or be as much fun as going through an old picture box. Probably not, but it seems to be the thing to do.
Our electricity never went off but I did manage to read a book and take a nap or two. We ate on that Venison Roast that Rick put in the crockpot, I also made a pot of Venison Chili and Snow Ice Cream. There seems to be an unspoken rule that one must cook lots and eat often when snowed in.
Uncle Roscoe Keithley showed up on Facebook this week, bouncing great-grandson Brody on his knee. They both had big smiles, couldn’t tell which was having the most fun.
I was out the door for work early this morning and will hit the ground running again tomorrow….just in case there are more snow days this week. Bye for now.