The week

Brandon and Brody, hanging out.  

Barkley approves of her new office. Brought in a bunch of toys from home for her today. By the end of the day, the floor was covered in fluff that had been extracted.....

Snuggling with the Barkley Bear. As sad as it is that she's slowing right down, every snuggle time we get makes me happy. She's such a goof ball. 

Post Nemo

And it's a beautiful Maine day out there! Time to get out the snowshoes and the toboggans!

We got about 2 1/2 feet in total! 

Brandon turned the deck into a snow cave! 

More photos from the storm.

Snow tastes good! 

Digging paths so the dogs (well, Barkley) could go pee! 

The circle in the front is a milk urn - it's about 2 - 21/2 ft high. 

Rescuing Barkley when she got stuck.

Pretending to be a polar bear. 

Traffic jam on the path

Digging out the driveway after the plow came by. 

The house. 

Up the lane. The 48 sign is above my head. 

Down the lane. 

The tunnels. 

Screen door to the deck. 

Harlequin Bear.

Still stormy!

Woke up this morning to about 20 inches on the ground! Pretty wild out there too, high winds, we're pretty surprised to still have power. Still a ways to go though - blizzard watch isn't over until late this evening! 

View from the bedroom window. 

The deck - wind blown!

View from the front room. The snow is up to the sill - we can't get the front door open so have had to go out the basement! 

Barkley, walking the paths that the more energetic Brody has made for her...:)

Barkley bear! 

Barkley and Brody, making tunnels! 

Barkley bear! 

Brody is LOVING the snow, he's such a goofball. 

Couch snuggles with the fireplace on. It's cold out there Brandon! 

Waiting for Nemo....

We're just waiting out the beginning of Nemo - set to hit in about an hour or so. So far we're up to about 4-5 inches of very fluffy snow, so it'll be interesting to see how much we get in total. 

10am

4pm

Brody enjoys the snow. 

Barkley, looking for food under the snow 

Changing colours to white...

Brody is such a goofball in the snow

He wants to be white like Barkley

Running circles around the house

Nemo

Long delay in posting since I got back from Alaska - nothing major but I did get norovirus while I was in Boston, followed by a chest cold....and time just flew away. I've also been moving offices at work, which is taking up a fair amount of time - just across the hall to a 'suite' with a second office that will be my graduate student Steve's, so it's a good move, but the timing has been not what I would have chosen.

So - at the moment, we are at home awaiting a massive blizzard! The University is shut and Brandon decided to work at home today (with an hour commute and it already having snowed 2 inches this morning, i'm glad at that decision), so we're sitting in what feels like a snowglobe as it comes down outside. I love the snow, so i'm excited by this storm, the thought of power outs in front of the fire with board games appeals to my inner need to get away from it all. Right at this moment there's a cat on each windowsill looking out to the snow, Brody is curled up in front of the fire and Barkley is curled up at my feet on the couch. All is well.

Hope everyone is well out there, and stays safe in the storm if you're in the Northeast!

Curling up with the Barkley....on our pink carpet.....!

The old lady gets some special time each day with Brandon and me as we head for bed. She's the only critter allowed upstairs and sleeps at the end of our bed, usually keeping us up with her snoring! 

Miss Barkley!