February 3 and new snow on the ground. Just in time to make our trip into St. Paul (taking Irene to the airport) particularly exciting. Michael awoke at 1:30 am to start shoveling, and I wasn't far behind. The light was delayed 2 hours, so we got some sleep!

Yesterday we helped Aunt Harriette celebrate 97 years of good living. It started snowing while we were partying, which I found particularly appropriate. I believe Harriette is as vibrant as she is due to shoveling her own walks well into her 90s.

I was too busy to take snow pictures this morning, but I do have some from a month ago:

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The fun thing about spending time with a geologist is that you stop worrying about a lot of things (we are less than a blink on a geologic time frame), and more thoroughly enjoy simple things...like recognizing landscapes from California in the snow piling up in front of my shovel and learning the name for it. And maybe, just maybe, we will live as well as Aunt Harriette.