Joyeux Noël blanc

You can’t see it in the picture, but it’s snowing really hard right now. The snow on the railing is new since yesterday. So, for the first time since 1990 (those here will remember the infamous arctic outbreak), it is my pleasure to wish you a merry white Christmas! 

I wonder how this would work in hilly Seattle

Sounds like a pretty good gig for out of work messengers and other folks looking to pick up some extra money while getting a good workout:

It’s still here!

It’s been a LONG time since we had snow on the ground for a week straight. We’re sure having fun with it though! Here are a few more pictures:

Even hats are picking up windblown snow these days

Meet Larry, our neighbors new kitten. He doesn’t seem to mind the snow at all, but he’s only 4 months old. That might change.

Larry is very friendly.

This shoveling job doesn’t look like much, but it represents 40 minutes of work.

Happy (more) snow day

The softest thing on earth
overtakes the hardest thing on earth.
The non-existent overtakes even that
which has no interstices.
From this one recognizes the value of non-action.

-- Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, verse 43

The great snow of 2008

Despite the dire predictions we are warm and with power. Here are a few pictures from our snowy house on the hill.

The kittens spend most of their days inside; occasionally we find evidence of their trips into the snow

This is one of my favorite houses in the neighborhood. It looks especially nice in the snow.

The extent of our holiday decorations, and only because Nick got this in the white elephant gift exchange on Friday

We braved the roads to go to North Bend’s outlet mall yesterday afternoon. We returned home just as the storm started to roll in.

I sent Nick to the store in the middle of the storm for more soy sauce. He snapped this picture of our street on the way.

The main road between Redmond and Kirkland isn’t much better.