Up on the Roof

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgFtsgALdfYeW195Pew_mHlY6BF1TUs-MfcWHG9yaFvvJ2LIaCu9LoiVD7obGU1tdTAn4TlCkBjmGOMShfxmTHBrmi1ZqpTVBV3d1v2jKlANdrNHE1bAna2akZDrLUUBRlmXJdvX26So/s1600/IMG_4662_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgFtsgALdfYeW195Pew_mHlY6BF1TUs-MfcWHG9yaFvvJ2LIaCu9LoiVD7obGU1tdTAn4TlCkBjmGOMShfxmTHBrmi1ZqpTVBV3d1v2jKlANdrNHE1bAna2akZDrLUUBRlmXJdvX26So/s400/IMG_4662_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the roofs of a few local buildings collapsed under the weight of snow, I thought I should get up on the flat portion of my roof and check it out.  The flat roof is over the master bedroom and back porch and is accessed through a little door at the back of the attic.  I've only been up here once with <i>The Architects</i>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1X8SGKpqOizxa-NPuyZ_F_iMUFd1WT8cJyN36T3b97_vhKKGYO96QxVdSNauhzt5e2g9mmqvp9mCWnxpbeAqiqF-nXSdvqrNqKRFPSckkE2TCzlDtyYR6m_eLQOTrEHDSQfo7735jXY/s1600/IMG_4654_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1X8SGKpqOizxa-NPuyZ_F_iMUFd1WT8cJyN36T3b97_vhKKGYO96QxVdSNauhzt5e2g9mmqvp9mCWnxpbeAqiqF-nXSdvqrNqKRFPSckkE2TCzlDtyYR6m_eLQOTrEHDSQfo7735jXY/s400/IMG_4654_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's about 2-1/2 feet of snow up here so I think it's good I got up here to deal with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And while I'm up here, I thought it would be fun to show the surrounding neighborhood from this bird's-eye view.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38tkQ1gqT3oxGUMkcKc5FkdL7mP6U-7IXA-g9YW54S2ov19SU7S-y_GOEcVYcDynpPhvvocNwn46W1ZtQVu1Y0Qd_yezhtQS89YAb7ZJ6Ns2G14t_Fi7g07Id_6pWgz21f0csyrMCJ_M/s1600/IMG_4649_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38tkQ1gqT3oxGUMkcKc5FkdL7mP6U-7IXA-g9YW54S2ov19SU7S-y_GOEcVYcDynpPhvvocNwn46W1ZtQVu1Y0Qd_yezhtQS89YAb7ZJ6Ns2G14t_Fi7g07Id_6pWgz21f0csyrMCJ_M/s400/IMG_4649_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking north toward the front of the house, the steeple in the right of the photo is right in Central Square where I catch the subway to work.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk7sqPB7Zaglq_RsTWnKW8P73WgFH9G4DQTaCeAW7wl-V3xBXbN0fiyrwstK3mAVXSReMD5x_ys8MjUlBTiS9qoBYQ4ItbgSx9RCokKp40C46Tw5eUgHzo0WdI9IImwD4nJNC5LBn7_o/s1600/IMG_4653_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk7sqPB7Zaglq_RsTWnKW8P73WgFH9G4DQTaCeAW7wl-V3xBXbN0fiyrwstK3mAVXSReMD5x_ys8MjUlBTiS9qoBYQ4ItbgSx9RCokKp40C46Tw5eUgHzo0WdI9IImwD4nJNC5LBn7_o/s400/IMG_4653_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Off the other side of the house, looking northeast, is my old maple tree and the two soapworker's cottages that are the two oldest houses on the street, built in 1835.  They're on the National Register of Historic Places.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DYItt0ZxZpWYlDEVJbEzlDiaZK0eYJyGbIXaUZvxoTEcf5Ae8i542kvddqqWNn8XwodrMvJzCX4F04y2R8pBp_oZm3Ljr1_KSKbjDDVVKibGaSn8DyfnbQDr7JbUr6-Y4C3UbKIxSv8/s1600/IMG_4658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DYItt0ZxZpWYlDEVJbEzlDiaZK0eYJyGbIXaUZvxoTEcf5Ae8i542kvddqqWNn8XwodrMvJzCX4F04y2R8pBp_oZm3Ljr1_KSKbjDDVVKibGaSn8DyfnbQDr7JbUr6-Y4C3UbKIxSv8/s400/IMG_4658.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a closer look at one of the cottages and my neighbor who is also clearing snow and ice from her roof.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwPbAvpCDjoyxqc3nLWWxiSGSic1TPUvG0OFumeYOuJp93tGvs1kfzzjiHq24KRVEmi_YrgQTI7S-8FmX51-_AmFM_s7eHUVUcI0yyUZjNBjmXmvR6rSorU2ks9lWIyqydKGHW1ECebA/s1600/IMG_4651_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwPbAvpCDjoyxqc3nLWWxiSGSic1TPUvG0OFumeYOuJp93tGvs1kfzzjiHq24KRVEmi_YrgQTI7S-8FmX51-_AmFM_s7eHUVUcI0yyUZjNBjmXmvR6rSorU2ks9lWIyqydKGHW1ECebA/s400/IMG_4651_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is looking east toward Boston.  Through the tree...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQLDNzjYdE8rS4ck7gDandnT2W7o28D42LiE_xwzkboXGCCZXkH7Lxq9sHPdKAqWys86mDwh2Dge0IP9wiRyljb8xX0kDghM7j54DshWWrrHhQ9WFqHDjZrRdCEZEMYjYfiZ-gTX-DuA/s1600/IMG_4661_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQLDNzjYdE8rS4ck7gDandnT2W7o28D42LiE_xwzkboXGCCZXkH7Lxq9sHPdKAqWys86mDwh2Dge0IP9wiRyljb8xX0kDghM7j54DshWWrrHhQ9WFqHDjZrRdCEZEMYjYfiZ-gTX-DuA/s400/IMG_4661_2.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...you can see the Prudential building.  This is about a block from the Boston Marathon's finish line.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWOk43rU9zP435-8xTJgYBIjRi2Q9NXlNoDk1Rl7IJZAHqKWahc0Lc4E8rD6iyBXp9TGOLNqxTalZZUV_4M3k5Kwd2voqaKjty608Sz3m2klH4hsBQjttR_3p3wXT0Tn4CvuyadBz2lo/s1600/IMG_4652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWOk43rU9zP435-8xTJgYBIjRi2Q9NXlNoDk1Rl7IJZAHqKWahc0Lc4E8rD6iyBXp9TGOLNqxTalZZUV_4M3k5Kwd2voqaKjty608Sz3m2klH4hsBQjttR_3p3wXT0Tn4CvuyadBz2lo/s400/IMG_4652.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is looking south down the little alleyway where there are four more old cottages.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyHnLj4OlJUwwrLqpgwMO8A9FxT49wAb4GveJ4yujBe3zkTJrv2Zq90K7la3dXUbZvrNaD_v6hFX1o5AJX2QEbieugpVv1DfkdjdTqHLJFV0kIDMQ93mujUDTrXeMI6Ed1OLC4KAmQoo/s1600/IMG_4659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyHnLj4OlJUwwrLqpgwMO8A9FxT49wAb4GveJ4yujBe3zkTJrv2Zq90K7la3dXUbZvrNaD_v6hFX1o5AJX2QEbieugpVv1DfkdjdTqHLJFV0kIDMQ93mujUDTrXeMI6Ed1OLC4KAmQoo/s400/IMG_4659.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, looking west are more houses and one of the many local churches.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahF4QComeQgeB5-_nQX4YVoFGXFvqXMFj2-UVJgcnvvxq5Ho6GkV_qSCOdjOEF2Nvs_QFNamzIK5lY5Ey9vh6K0Z9eNmGMdob4uX_rBfkNJprsKbPkkzgQNWe6vJgEUS9JLF2wNLmbPk/s1600/IMG_4648_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahF4QComeQgeB5-_nQX4YVoFGXFvqXMFj2-UVJgcnvvxq5Ho6GkV_qSCOdjOEF2Nvs_QFNamzIK5lY5Ey9vh6K0Z9eNmGMdob4uX_rBfkNJprsKbPkkzgQNWe6vJgEUS9JLF2wNLmbPk/s400/IMG_4648_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this view but unfortunately the only place I can see it is from the attic.  It would be nice to have a roof deck or an attic hideaway one day to enjoy this scene.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Another storm coming on Wednesday.   And I'm ready.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Up on the Roof

After the roofs of a few local buildings collapsed under the weight of snow, I thought I should get up on the flat portion of my roof and ch...

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Before and After (The Storm)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFR0G4AOtgfwx7Kiqh7Hd4XPZKvbB_HRNaImOPrBreG7GefvEz7wOrmzvcinRx4eFVvqh6jye2BQlH9HHXMFm76ddYtd4m-TF_Ki1BpINYZHrziXd0Fi7AGnzYNPdCmG1eCUT1ZRjATC8/s1600/IMG_4446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFR0G4AOtgfwx7Kiqh7Hd4XPZKvbB_HRNaImOPrBreG7GefvEz7wOrmzvcinRx4eFVvqh6jye2BQlH9HHXMFm76ddYtd4m-TF_Ki1BpINYZHrziXd0Fi7AGnzYNPdCmG1eCUT1ZRjATC8/s400/IMG_4446.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember this just before Christmas?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1QscbjUGSDBcgGSctROyp4t4DjiBQajzW_DFBuDYdrPWhTt8O8HzAPtVT-mKjZYU_B5CSvecRNKj9wh25wBPPb4CTYs9Po0DD60MYH3cmbvhq9bxzfZHnAiW5rkZXNMMp8vCsNxGHJ8/s1600/IMG_4620_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1QscbjUGSDBcgGSctROyp4t4DjiBQajzW_DFBuDYdrPWhTt8O8HzAPtVT-mKjZYU_B5CSvecRNKj9wh25wBPPb4CTYs9Po0DD60MYH3cmbvhq9bxzfZHnAiW5rkZXNMMp8vCsNxGHJ8/s400/IMG_4620_2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what it looks like this morning.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz9cVnHlwA3at2vHXAvA6CSZPdtp6ZsiFETtgx_uR0xNE2yRiTnNQok61cURxEUYq4am202MIJETuWb6eLntAaISTDzZoemYzCPvzL4cWWdkxff-SZQYFVEFb3CgACkALW_Brc2dD1Vc/s1600/IMG_4625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz9cVnHlwA3at2vHXAvA6CSZPdtp6ZsiFETtgx_uR0xNE2yRiTnNQok61cURxEUYq4am202MIJETuWb6eLntAaISTDzZoemYzCPvzL4cWWdkxff-SZQYFVEFb3CgACkALW_Brc2dD1Vc/s400/IMG_4625.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are the side steps off the front porch to the garden gate.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCskkCVc-Ah0Lc4JCroIyZUayRVBXtgy2L2OhbXRUFiCcskVyYYuWq4Hjek6hH2rkUXgz9xzJsTU6oxAcDkz-p2NditHRsfbu88Gzg-7Yzfm8mbt6h2Un8gQidraHvnMiyOYJVh5zKdo/s1600/IMG_4630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbCskkCVc-Ah0Lc4JCroIyZUayRVBXtgy2L2OhbXRUFiCcskVyYYuWq4Hjek6hH2rkUXgz9xzJsTU6oxAcDkz-p2NditHRsfbu88Gzg-7Yzfm8mbt6h2Un8gQidraHvnMiyOYJVh5zKdo/s400/IMG_4630.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just finished my morning workout.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzIYURcnBq7Q_z07oxo_l3KxEjl5PprH0d10hEpCEh6HraXnMfhuMvZfuOCcERHINz-g5vMyienWcS6b8NAqhs_3OtAG6XBiNZYgsOajzMvNDo7CDHIuTPVYSUNVNu8ZRLEcvLnRhosQ/s1600/IMG_4638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzIYURcnBq7Q_z07oxo_l3KxEjl5PprH0d10hEpCEh6HraXnMfhuMvZfuOCcERHINz-g5vMyienWcS6b8NAqhs_3OtAG6XBiNZYgsOajzMvNDo7CDHIuTPVYSUNVNu8ZRLEcvLnRhosQ/s400/IMG_4638.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here's the garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's actually pretty now that the sun is out.</div>

Before and After (The Storm)

Remember this just before Christmas? This is what it looks like this morning. These are the side steps off the front porch to the garden gat...

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Blizzard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0GSf2ivrFp3s-oSiMRHG-mQ3XjWR4wXV-fdZV_B9km-fFORvpnAFIvosnKvN1RingYzsaiIgOYAk9NOlrPsqSE_-MNSF_CBP6fGsHbSzkQ3YjzPouTgYGHFuc50KlQhSjjOgiZxJx0U/s1600/IMG_4482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0GSf2ivrFp3s-oSiMRHG-mQ3XjWR4wXV-fdZV_B9km-fFORvpnAFIvosnKvN1RingYzsaiIgOYAk9NOlrPsqSE_-MNSF_CBP6fGsHbSzkQ3YjzPouTgYGHFuc50KlQhSjjOgiZxJx0U/s320/IMG_4482.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When blizzard warnings went up yesterday I thought it would fun to take a few before and after photos to show those of you who don't live in a Northeast city all the fun you're missing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ryw79IQ39lRCDacvZuJ1cvmB6ai5nXIDbT9U1bNMh8SHo-ZEQzH8_a_VUXpbYHVWtWpPcdE7xx4B4j9ISC4h5ZBM1i9kImlcpVST6IE8ORYwrO-vncxvfYyRa5HIFoE6_Y4zQXiHpJE/s1600/IMG_4474.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ryw79IQ39lRCDacvZuJ1cvmB6ai5nXIDbT9U1bNMh8SHo-ZEQzH8_a_VUXpbYHVWtWpPcdE7xx4B4j9ISC4h5ZBM1i9kImlcpVST6IE8ORYwrO-vncxvfYyRa5HIFoE6_Y4zQXiHpJE/s400/IMG_4474.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibupEKeFIsQYWYJSG1rXweI2ucgX5YpJh3NsAApWtBbVxc0_sln4iJ-JHQjUqpBHJyt5CcdN60snTXqNIyKojp3MGV8tW4BfEtEz2WUSl8nI3XWxleWSpbU-QU-wRok82Kri5FoHkF_wg/s1600/IMG_4483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibupEKeFIsQYWYJSG1rXweI2ucgX5YpJh3NsAApWtBbVxc0_sln4iJ-JHQjUqpBHJyt5CcdN60snTXqNIyKojp3MGV8tW4BfEtEz2WUSl8nI3XWxleWSpbU-QU-wRok82Kri5FoHkF_wg/s400/IMG_4483.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My side yard has about 30 inches of drifted snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAaFHCqqxpTGkDv2Zex_JvOjrt38R51wbjUjfJRR49Oeqs6UakCNFt_9nxV0NdWLRjjigW9eQDeyPgNrN-8YuTxmbtyAP5dInJ6mG-uXeP2pqtAzeA9cr_InzH0_Wd-5kAdFNF0eqdHI/s1600/IMG_4476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAaFHCqqxpTGkDv2Zex_JvOjrt38R51wbjUjfJRR49Oeqs6UakCNFt_9nxV0NdWLRjjigW9eQDeyPgNrN-8YuTxmbtyAP5dInJ6mG-uXeP2pqtAzeA9cr_InzH0_Wd-5kAdFNF0eqdHI/s400/IMG_4476.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBomCsz4xP5jNa-JdVhNGwTMt5dbpdViJ7ZOwU7iuleMq3eCQhAV7tt8r8JYmGRb1LXfOzeTAteO8dXnmb6tTCbrGoSJAzBmmcsf0h7mIPde4KtlDVDR63GYKfJXE0ADtidBf1LiDYeT0/s1600/IMG_4480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope Sam doesn't need his tools until spring.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBW01P6hw2qkzYuwaqw00NINklP0ckwvy5rCP9NiGvNwCKQCGFRs3cDAZDlDdpJVoeeo313ocnzqYJynI993UQAXRN_eMO7VB1A3vfu_qfSDGnV8qUCgdiBU3OXL_lJO6vS7HG5WHcak/s1600/IMG_4489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBW01P6hw2qkzYuwaqw00NINklP0ckwvy5rCP9NiGvNwCKQCGFRs3cDAZDlDdpJVoeeo313ocnzqYJynI993UQAXRN_eMO7VB1A3vfu_qfSDGnV8qUCgdiBU3OXL_lJO6vS7HG5WHcak/s400/IMG_4489.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The side steps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGpYQWSvK3s7pUHB8xZfFUto8X1tR4DHSQVYLAKS8JNzKku2BpRMKNqU4gjM8uwQMxdBpsmD-13WhNGRXDIY4kjGT7yj9kb1z6FC6b1dX6rVm6jZ6pS1SeJP0TxSLu1L0ReQNuaRg-BM/s1600/IMG_4495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGpYQWSvK3s7pUHB8xZfFUto8X1tR4DHSQVYLAKS8JNzKku2BpRMKNqU4gjM8uwQMxdBpsmD-13WhNGRXDIY4kjGT7yj9kb1z6FC6b1dX6rVm6jZ6pS1SeJP0TxSLu1L0ReQNuaRg-BM/s400/IMG_4495.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To stay on top of the snow, I shoveled every two hours until 11:00 p.m. and then got up at 4:00 a.m. to dig out again, and then shoveled again at 6:00 before venturing off to work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LQ3zVUQGNvE2A6EDHtjs14s6nYWQretkTZr3XGlBkeQGwaoroxgr9ypsJ-RbovfDu__e_PJA2HfozVBQTH4i2ty7COorDdRzZIIx28iPLFH-vI_6ZHbccIIgwXulIos7tmJYoSuOcDU/s1600/IMG_4485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LQ3zVUQGNvE2A6EDHtjs14s6nYWQretkTZr3XGlBkeQGwaoroxgr9ypsJ-RbovfDu__e_PJA2HfozVBQTH4i2ty7COorDdRzZIIx28iPLFH-vI_6ZHbccIIgwXulIos7tmJYoSuOcDU/s400/IMG_4485.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsql9Feiyj9-KPPU4nRY_CnansfKSudXvAXU33eo5hHgRudfVwQ5RNu__MrHtW0-FYGgQy7WkviV-dVd10KIQ_RwQw0Cm82ZM8BTPq3RxCzz8JlukM4hwDY450RniPFBJ0-KI8YeVqak/s400/IMG_4494.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you're fortunate, you have a driveway...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GLIMELFT4nfQswyW7GFjHOR5LVrJlE4wQGftbCRo6z1SBg50-481ttan8jBwqGJgVdmy2QUqCKWmJGI1pJ-e1aITucdzm8vXZZ9YppdhQR51_uYNL4zlgKUdCVDAFx0rjy3s6QJimZg/s1600/IMG_4492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GLIMELFT4nfQswyW7GFjHOR5LVrJlE4wQGftbCRo6z1SBg50-481ttan8jBwqGJgVdmy2QUqCKWmJGI1pJ-e1aITucdzm8vXZZ9YppdhQR51_uYNL4zlgKUdCVDAFx0rjy3s6QJimZg/s400/IMG_4492.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...because if you don't, you end up with this...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnUZuB4JX90JQjQNiHdaQ7Xwzj1k6un_R0b85MkVR6P_b4N28h_4CN2erM6KufG6991TB9cl2vYdtTlEVUNhtpTR_oTZXuTW_GbSw5slJWSA3tPXtYbvIfXJcL5Q1BTwn3Gmqi_knapM/s1600/IMG_4493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnUZuB4JX90JQjQNiHdaQ7Xwzj1k6un_R0b85MkVR6P_b4N28h_4CN2erM6KufG6991TB9cl2vYdtTlEVUNhtpTR_oTZXuTW_GbSw5slJWSA3tPXtYbvIfXJcL5Q1BTwn3Gmqi_knapM/s400/IMG_4493.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...or this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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When blizzard warnings went up yesterday I thought it would fun to take a few before and after photos to show those of you who don't liv...

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