The Big Snow

 The storm was warned about for days and days.  Over two feet of snow was expected.  Lots of ice.  Imminent power outages.

I expected the worst.  

But the power never went out and there was almost no ice at all.  Not even quite two feet of beautiful, clean, white, fresh snow.  

It was exhausing though, walking through it for a woods walk.  For everyone except Jemima.

We collapsed frequently.

I took so many pictures of Jemima because she was soooo excited to play.  It was hilarious to watch.

She's so regal...

...except when she is not.

Every woods walk, I find a surprise in the woods.  Who knew the woods was so teeming with interesting things?!

Ineke eventually died of exhaustion.

We gave her a proper snow burial.

(And tried to honor her request NOT to get snow on her face while doing it.)

And then, I grabbed my cellphone to grab a quick snap for instagram (my woods walk accountability partner) and the snow did NOT honor that same request for me.