Good Morning! We have blizzardy conditions again today. The temperature is about 18 degrees and there is a fairly strong wind in gusts, making driving hazardous. Fred is out there clearing driveways for Jamie, Henretta and us. He came in a little while ago to change his gloves for mittens. At first we couldn't find them, but the wait while we looked gave his hands a chance to warm up. It's still snowing, so I have no idea what the total will be when I go out around 9 o'clock. Right now it looks as if we got another 6 inches of snow.

I got this e-mail from Diane Rossi a few minutes ago:
I guess we'll have to hustle our buns a little this morning and do some snowblowing before we leave....looks like another 6"! I'm amazed that there is still an open place on the pond.

I imagine the open spot will be closed up soon. However, that doesn't necessarily mean the pond will be frozen over until spring. Sometimes it takes two or three tries before it's solidly frozen for the duration. Depends on how the weather fluctuates.

We had some nice pictures from Fred's brother, Tom, yesterday, but I can't seem to save them in order to post a slide show or even show you individual photos. Tom took them going through Glenwood Canyon in Colorado where he and Ellie will be this winter. Tom is a ski instructor at Beaver Creek ski area. In the meantime, here are a couple from here to show you what you're missing if you aren't here in Vermont!!

Country Christmas Concert

On Saturday, December 12^th, Nashville Recording Artist Sherri Lamberton will bring her “Sherri’s Jubilee” to Cabot’s new performing arts center for a community and youth Christmas concert. This will be a fun opportunity for families to join together and share the Christmas spirit!

This community concert begins at 7 pm. There is no admission charge and refreshments will be available. This free community concert will benefit Faith in Action’s “Food Share Program”, which in the past three months has distributed over 50,000 pounds of food to seniors and families in need.

Donations to support this ongoing effort will be welcomed.

For further information please phone Faith in Action Northern Communities Partnership at 563-2278 or 626-1212.

There will be a special appearance by Santa with small 'warm up gifts' for the children!