How deep?

I've spent the last two days plowing and shoveling. It's not that much snow until you look at the length of the driveway. The deck gets all the snow from the roof as well so that's a bit of a workout. In the winter of 96-97 we had so much snow the sagebrush was completely covered.

We can only hope for that kind of winter again. Snow means moisture and water is life out here in the West. It takes 10" of snow to equal an inch of water on average. The soil is hard clay and only slow melting snow can seep into the earth. That makes it great for growing things like potatoes and root vegetables which drink up the wet clay slowly. We're lucky to have 15" of water a year.

front to back

dawn and a walk

Yesterday morning was relatively warm. This normally means more snow in the near future.

Ginny giving me a little incentive to move up the drive faster....


She's looking back at me all the time now.

The Hellboyz are still roaring along although the dynamic has changed a little with them also. BB is more assertive with Luverboy- and when he gets too assertive Ginny steps in and tells him to shut up in short order. She's known a lot of puppies in her life and she's not takin' guff from any of them no matter how much hair they've got.

Duck Frise

Fluffy Pulik

This is the deepest snow BB and Luverboy have seen. As you can see Ginny is letting them break trail for her.


It hasn't changed a thing.