Wordless Wednesday: Winter Glow

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Ice, Ice & More Ice

For those who have never experienced an ice storm, here is a little glimpse of what we woke up to this morning - here in Northwest Indiana. The photos have not been touched up nor have they been turned black and white - shows just how colorless our world is today. Beautiful from the inside - dangerous on the outside.

For those of you following on Twitter, here is my poor tree situation. Here is the tree after the top snapped off.


Here is the tree after the right side fell - squashing the apple tree and pulling down the power lines (see it laying on the ground?) Fortunately, we still have power, but our inlet broke away from the house cracking the siding.


And see this looming over the garage - we're keeping a VERY close eye on it. We've pulled our cars out of the garage *just* in case.

I almost feel sorta, kinda bad. All summer, Kurt was talking about having this tree cut down. I kept saying no, no, no! I fought to keep it alive because I just couldn't imagine how bare the yard would've been without it. Now - it's a huge threat. Whatta ya gonna do?

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Look What We Found...

...when we woke up this morning! There appears to be about 7 or 8 inches out there and it's still heavily coming down. Here in Northern Indiana, we tend to get a little something in the winter called "Lake Effect Snow." For those of you who don't live in the Great Lakes region, I'll let you goog it. For those of you who do, I know you can sympathize.

This is about what it looks like.

"When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling.
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way
Walking 'In-di-ana' Wonderland."