Snowed Under!

Welcome to my world! Okay, enough is enough...March has sure come in like a lion here in Ottawa. In the first week of March we received about 40 cm of new snow (not to mention the freezing rain that made our driveway a skating rink). Then March 8th brought a huge storm with heavy winds and 50cm of additional snow! The photo on the upper left was taken this morning and it is of our back deck. The right photo is looking out the door in my kitchen/family room. Needless to say we couldn't get out that door until we shoveled.The lower picture was taken from inside our garage, looking out into our backyard. Keep in mind that this door previously had a path leading out from it as I go out this door to access the bird feeders in the yard. It is hard to believe that in the summer you actually have to step down from the garage to the yard! I woke up before 6:00 and was hesitant to look outside. The storm had continued to rage throughout the night and I didn't want to see how much more snow we had received. I grabbed a cup of tea and headed for the studio, determined to stay in denial as long as possible. By 8:00 a.m. I had to face reality...the birds outside my windows were chirping and I knew the feeders were covered in snow. So out I went. I put on snowshoes to get to the 11 feeders placed around the property. Even in showshoes I was dropping down about 1 1/2 feet with each step. I stumbled back into the house. Mission accomplished. Now what? I put together a pot of chili for the slow cooker, threw another log in the woodstove, grabbed another cup of tea and headed back to the studio. I may not come out until April...