Having a ball!

Yes, thank you we'll take the 10.

Many would scorn me for saying this... but I LOVED our 2010 winter, all that glorious snow. And I want to love our 2011 winter. I really do. But so far, every system has skirted us by heading northerly or westerly or easterly giving us laughable traces of snow. (New Englanders are waving their fists at me.) So <1 inch and the measly <2 inchers of recent spells be gone! The weather people are saying 5-10 inches. Oh please please, let it be 10! Let anticipation begin...

Both dogs have the thickest winter fuzz I've seen on them to date. Maybe their senior bones need it. I ordered a new vest for Ben since his too small blanket coat wasn't cutting it. I put the old coat on him and he didn't look too happy...

I've noted here before how much the dogs love snow. Molly becomes a giddy-jumpy-rolly-poly-barky puppy-like creature... oh wait, rephrase... Molly becomes EVEN MORE of a giddy-jumpy-rolly-poly-barky puppy-like creature with the white stuff. Ben sees the snow as the ultimate adventure to locate the ground that has so mysteriously hidden itself. They both take their snow seriously.

So we are ready and waiting, and yes, thank you, we'll take that 10.