John and Sam headed off bright and early Monday morning to pick up our new snowblower.  Once they returned home and got it unloaded, John put chains on the tires and got it ready to go.  Our grandson Josh, who is also on spring break from college, volunteered to wield a snow shovel to break down some of the deep snow while John handled the blower.  They managed to reopen the paths to both shops.

Today the sun was shining with bright blue skies.  We were looking around outside when we heard a wonderful sound--water was rushing through our house's gutters.  THE SNOW WAS MELTING!!!  The driveway apron is clear of snow and we can see some driveway gravel and some green bush peaking through a mound of snow.  Bad news--big storm coming and expected to drop 6-8 inches of snow and possibly starting off as rain.  But at least the piles got a little smaller today.

 

Little bit of shrubbery peaking out.

Hopefully the bushes aren't crushed. 

 

Monday morning after weekend storm looking 

out from front window.  Snow is almost up to sill.

Frosty Monday morning,  There really is

beauty in the snow.