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What a pity we chose THIS year not to decorate for the holidays. I could kick myself. Finally, a white Christmas. The first one for me since I lived in Massachusetts and quite frankly, I can't even remember my last white Christmas there either. 1975? 1976 maybe? In the 80's we'd had snow near Christmas but I don't remember it sticking around for the actual holiday itself.

The giant sequoia looks like it's festooned with sugar and icing. Compare this to the same photo I shot, in the blog post below this one. Way more snow on the stairs.

All the trees were covered in snow after this storm system, unlike the day before. It's not melting either.

Needless to say I won't be using my car for quite awhile.

Pepper has snows'es on her noses as well.

These 2 junipers remind me of those old trees used in small winter scenes. The kind made out of brush wire and that have dollops of thick "snow" paint on the tips.

Our new neighbors built 2 giant snowmen. Looking at their yard, they didn't even make a dent in the snow that fell!!!

The front porch is a bit treacherous to navigate right now. We've been going thru the downstairs slider and into the garage's back door to get to the vehicles or even to just go for a walk.

The heather and rockery are now buried.

And just to put the cherry on top of the already crappy year, Safeway called and said that, b/c of the weather, ALL deli tray orders have been canceled. They can't even make them up for instore delivery either. The stores are barren and the delivery trucks are stuck or delayed. Oh well.

"You have to be crazy to stay in this place, you just have to laugh at it all". Psychedelic Furs