White Christmas Part Deux

"The Blizzard of 2009" as it's being called by the media, (they spin everything), turned out to be a pretty good snow producer. When it was all said and done we had 7 to 8 inches of snow here on the block. To the uninitiated this may not seen like very much but it actually brings to a grind, much of ones day to day activities. Driving becomes a dicey affair at best so if you can't walk to where you need to be, you might as well forget about going. Luckily we live in a neighborhood that is within walking distance of a handful of restaurants and a couple of drugstores.

First stop Saturday morning was Blanchard's Coffee Shop. Sue, Nuala, and I were joined this morning by neighbors Mike and Pam Schwartz, Mike House, John and Ruth Ann Coski.





We had the coffee shop to ourselves until some special visitors arrived, Molly and Ann Casen Blanchard, and the BG's, (Belde girls), Lily and Sophie.

After coffee it was back to the neighborhood... there was work to be done, shoveling the walks was the priority. As you can see, Nuala chose to supervise.

When the work was done it was time to play. The Andresen kids, Ian and Mia, with help from mom Heather, built a wonderful snowman. He was a dandy!

Then for no reason other than to be able to say that I'd done it, I strapped on the skis and made a couple runs down Prince Arther. The conditions were pretty bad, (no doubt why cars aren't used to groom ski runs), and I almost took Susu and myself out on the second attempt.

All this work and fun made for some hearty appetites so a bunch of us headed back down the street for lunch and some cold ones at O'Tooles Pub. After lunch and a couple beers a nap seemed in order. I headed for the couch and the others rested and recharged so we would have the energy to partake in "Luminary Night" to be held that evening at dusk.
...to be continued.