On the way home from the school, the weather forecast changed so that the storm wasn’t going to start until much later. We were originally scheduled to go to Vermont on Tuesday but were apprehensive about the weather until the new forecast. We decided to go up Monday night after Judy’s dental appointment in the afternoon, rather than wait until Wednesday.
The trip was a slow one, contending with rush-hour traffic. We got here a little before 10 PM. There was almost no snow, except for remnant, plowed piles and icy patches.
Tuesday morning the snow started, and we got outside to explore and discovered the new pond was full and frozen on top, but water was flowing down the falls and down the brook to the old pond.
The barn was enclosed and the floor finished and new windows were in place. The repair of the side shed is pending spring weather.
Today we ran errands and bought and cut down a spruce from the tree farm and set it up in the living room. Saint Chelsea stands proudly on top.
The pond project this fall was to add a new pond and let it drain as a waterfall and brook leading to the old pond. We were worried about its filling up and how the drainage would function. Here it is!
Judy and the dogs at the pond. The dog on the left, Gus, is standing on the dam. The ice level is a foot lower than the dam. The other side of the pond has soft, broken ice where water is flowing into the pond.
The new brook running between the redwood and willow trees. That piece of 2x4 is part of the bridge, under construction, that will allow garden equipment to cross the brook.
Apple tree still covered with fruit that the early birds in the spring will eat.
The barn work is almost finished and suspended for the winter. The interior is done.
After the Tuesday storm, but before the Wednesday night storm and freeze.
Holiday tree with Saint Chelsea on top.
Four of the second-graders are teaching Judy to read.
The whole class with stuffies and the volunteers with therapy dogs.
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