Let It Snow!

As a kid, I always dreamed of a white Christmas.

Living in New England, it wouldn’t seem like a stretch, but I don’t really remember very many snowy Christmases.

This year we got a white day(s)-after-Christmas, and since I’m the girlfriend of a man with a plow…

I now understand that snowstorms (excuse me, blizzards) mean that I won’t see Brian for a good 23 hours.

That’s right… he was out plowing from about 3pm on Sunday to 2pm today.

After he came home, he fell asleep in an uncomfortable-looking position on the couch and I had to pretty much use force to get him to walk to the bedroom.

Not having to shovel because my boyfriend owns a plow is a major plus, but on the downside, I didn’t get to enjoy the first snow of the season with him… sledding, making snowmen, having a snowball fight…

(Though, in all honesty, I likely would have been a total wimp after about 5 minutes outside. That was some bitter, windy coldness today.)

I did get to play outside with Tansy, who L O V E D chasing the tennis ball in the snow.

(But I worried about how Ryder and Seth are doing in the snow, and how Seth’s back legs are holding up.)

While the sun was so beautifully setting, I took a drive to the water, where Brian and I spent many lovely afternoons and evenings swimming this summer, when the water was calm.

Today the water was so rough and choppy, and snow covered the beach as the wind whipped through the air.

Such a sharp contrast to what we encountered at the same beach just months ago.

But in its own way… still lovely.

I hope your dreams – snowy ones or otherwise – are coming true as we enter the New Year!

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4 Comments

  1. 12.28.10

    Boy does that water ever look cold! Plowing is a tough racket but it brings in some $$ when things are slow in the winter!

  2. 12.28.10

    Your pictures are so beautiful. It is so pretty to look at. I’m so glad Brian is home safe with you now. What a hard worker he is indeed!

  3. 12.28.10
    Kim said:

    Thank goodness for people like Brian who get out there to make it safe for everyone else! I know blizzards aren’t fun but I admittedly am envious of all your snow. We got 1/2 day of snow here in NC and I so miss the beauty of it and my dogs love it. I hope the snow wasn’t too hard on Seth. Jane: I hope you, Brian and the dogs have a peaceful and Happy New Year – Hugs!

  4. 1.3.11
    dog beds said:

    We’re lucky enough to have a Husky, who loves the snow (and she’s lucky that we live in Rochester, so she gets plenty of it). Our cats don’t like the snow so much as they simply like to get out of the house; me I like to watch them plunging through the drifts higher than their heads, like dolphins cresting the whitecaps and plummeting back in…
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    Jack@PDB

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