First Blizzard of 2009

Well, it's December here in the Midwest, so that means cold and snow. It's beautiful to look at, unless of course you're the one who's shoveling (or snowblowing) it. On Wednesday, we go about 18 inches of snow overnight. The whole city of Madison was completely closed down - schools, workplaces, doctors offices, malls, everything... The only things going on were kids playing outside and the parents shoveling themselves out. It took Robert and I about 3 hours in the morning to clear our driveway and then another hour or two of Robert clearing away the snow around our mailbox and fire hydrant. Here are a few photos of the event.

This morning we awoke to a sundog - It was really cool. Lesson I learned today (Robert taught me this): A sundog is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky, often on a luminous ring or halo on either side of the sun.