Hoppy Spring!

Well, we've survived the blizzard

Somehow, with the TV, books, food, and the internet, we survived 24 hours of snow and wind. My back and legs hurt from all the shoveling, but if we hadn't kept up with it, we would have been shoveling a foot of snow at once rather three to four inches at once.

The photo was taken around ten in the morning on Saturday, so we probably got three or four more inches of snow after this. What you're seeing is Jeff about to ruin all my lovely, clear paths; he got the snow off the fabric of the gazebo, then had to shovel it all off.

Cordy is having a wonderful time in all the snow. Kaylee, on the other hand (or paw, as it may be), is up to her shoulders in snow. Hence all the paths dug into the snow.

The sun's out this afternoon and already melting the snow (where is it going to go? the sewers are completely blocked), and Cordy is having to make do with laying down, half-buried in the snow, in the shade to watch for squirrels.

The two humans in the house went grocery shopping today, and except for the idiots who didn't know how to drive in the snow, it was just fine out. We might be flooded in a day or two, but I'm pretty sure we'll survive the Great Blizzard of 2008.

Apparently, we're having a blizzard

I've lost count of how many times I've shoveled snow.

Garden assessment time

It's that time of the year when I start getting desperate for spring, but I know it won't be here too soon. We usually have at least one good snowstorm in March, and sometimes even in April.

However, it is time to start planning the garden!

It's a nice, sunny day, so I went out back to see what has made it though the winter.

The parsley made it, and I didn't even know it was hardy here. Apparenltly so. The rosemary looks like it survived too, and I know it's not hardy here.

All the other perennials in the garden look like they're doing well. I've even got a few volunteer Vidalia onions coming up that I must have missed last year.

I've already got my seeds and plants ordered for this year. I can't wait!