Partly sunny here today. We started off with snow flurries, but now it's quite bright, a few flakes in the air, and about 28 degrees, but no significant accumulation of snow. I measured another half inch - just dribs and drabs every day, and then the wind whisks it, piles it, packs it and generally redistributes everything so the hollows get a little more and the knolls stay pretty bare.
Liz Randall sent some "after the storm" pictures and wrote a note:

When I sent you those pics yesterday we were at the 9 inch mark, last night we got a few more now we are close to 15 inches total.

LOOKS BEAUTIFUL HERE....and ALL SCHOOLS AND OFFICES WERE CLOSED ON LONG ISLAND..this was a major storm that took over all news stations in our area...

People here in the flat land PANIC...John and I laugh. It's pretty funny to hear the reporters saying that some street wasn't plowed, and oh my how will they get out, etc.!

I took a few more pics this morning with the sunshine... Liz and John

John and Liz aren't native Vermonters, but they sure act like they were born and bred right here in the Kingdom. The snow doesn't bother them at all, I'm sure. John is just wishing he had his snowmobiles down there!

I'm sure we'll "get ours" one of these days, though. Mother Nature probably has a big load of white stuff just waiting to be dumped here in the north country. We still have a lot of winter ahead of us - there's always March to look forward to . . . !

This came from Henretta, just up the road from us - another example of folks who are undaunted by Vermont and all it's rough edges:

I saw you, Fred, come up the driveway yesterday - you didn't seem to be picking anything much up with 'John'. [the John Deere snow blower.]

Saw the pictures Liz sent from LI. I lived not too far from there and would drive up that road every now and then. I see that their house was from 1853. Mine dated from 1830. Boy, I am very glad when it snows that I no longer live on LI. Even the smallest snowfall down there causes major tie ups and drivers seem to get even crazier!!

You're so right, Henretta - we take a lot for granted here, I guess. Not a lot of traffic, our road crews know how to handle snow and ice conditions and (usually) drivers do, too. You still have to be ready to dodge 'em sometimes, though.