It was absolutely lovely yesterday. Here’s Guinness, our lab/shepherd mix, playing in the snow. He weighs about 75 pounds.

And, here are the crocuses that were bravely blooming yesterday.

Today is a different story. We’re expecting a foot or so of snow, followed by sleet this afternoon. The kids are all home from school and I’m paying far too much attention to my computer. So far this morning, I’ve shoveled 300 ft of driveway with T1 and T2, started dinner, and made this:

You can link it back to me from your own page. Email me if you need help doing that. I think it’s a cute little button. When I was joining webrings the other day one of them asked for a button, so I whipped this one up (please note the two, new web rings in the sidebar . If you know of other web rings you think I should be part of, please drop me a line.

Here’s the driveway:

One more pic from yesterday. We tap our maples and make about a quart of syrup every year. Here’s T2 in his hand-dyed, hand-spun, hand-knit hat, tapping in a spile.

Now, I will sit, play games with the kids and knit. Stay warm, all!