first snow

sO since Katy always posts about their first snow fall of the year...I decided to post about our first snow of the year. Out here in the Midwest we've been waiting for snow for months and all we've seen so far is a couple flurries, which don't really count as the first snow fall since they don't stick. Leading up to today it's been FREEZING cold and the weather people on tv have been talking about how we might get a little...but then we don't. and then all of sudden on a day with only a 20 percent chance of snow...I get woken up by everyone trying to be the first to tell me that we have like half an inch of snow! And it's keep snowing all day! :) Which makes me happy! :)

So anyway here are a couple pix! :)

Snow...continued!

It's beginning to look a lot like...Christmas? Here it is a day before Halloween, and our yard looks like a winter wonderland! Well...the snow is melting now, but you get the point! The snow brought down a lot of branches, and fifty percent of our town is without power. Thankfully, we still have power. We have our work cut out for us, though; there's a big mess of branches in our yard, plus a small tree which may have gotten killed. Last evening we had a bit of a scary experience, hearing tree limbs creak...and my brother and dad had to go out to remove a huge branch that fell across our driveway. It fell on our mailbox but didn't actually destroy the mailbox...not sure what damage it did exactly. We're extremely thankful we still have power, however, and that no limbs or trees fell on our house or barn. Still a few limbs that are hanging haphazardly from trees (haphazardly, a great word!) When my mom measured the snow earlier this morning, there were six inches. I think there's less even now, though. Anyway that's how it's going with us! :)

Cool Discovery

On Saturday, my brother, Daniel, was outside in the backyard, when he discovered something jutting out of the ground a tiny bit. When he had completely uncovered it, he saw it was a Native American spearhead! Now, you can be told it's possible to find such objects, but never find them! Then, when not looking for one, Daniel practically stumbled on it in an area prone to erosion, in our backyard. What with the erosion and rain, this spearhead began to make its appearance. Daniel took this picture to show the state archaeologist, who said this spearhead is 3,000-6,000 years old! We think this is really interesting and cool, and I wanted to share it with all of you!

First Snow!

So last night, it snowed a little!!! We ended up with just a little bit of slushy snow. Now, in the late afternoon, it is very patchy. We also had some freezing rain last night...and some kind of rain today, too. ANYWAY...back to the SNOW!!!! I was excited to see the little bit of snow...plus, it snowed a little bit for a little while this morning, too....not very visible flakes, but still cool. So yeah!! November 8th: first snow!!!!