~ The Storm..........

Believe me when I say that anything that we have seen recently that might indicate spring would be arriving early in Maine was definitely an illusion..........This was what we awoke to very early Monday morning.This storm started as rain Sunday afternoon. The weatherman kept saying rain at the coast, snow inland. We are about 35 miles inland so we thought we were going to get off easy. Doesn't pay to think when it comes to Nor'easters. By 9:30 Sunday evening there was three inches of heavy wet snow on the wires and the power was out.

The snow was so wet and heavy, the it coated everything almost immediately. By 5 am Monday morning we had between 18 and 20 inches of new snow. Thankfully we have wood stoves and a generator. I kept the wood stove going all night Sunday to keep the house warm and use kerosene lamps for light.

Before I could think of moving any of it, I had to wade through it to get to the tractor and dig it out of the snow.

Everything was covered with snow and it seemed like a long ways to get to the barn from the house this morning!

Making my way around with the snow blower. The three boys shoveled all day. I spent 7 hours in the tractor moving snow. Please remind me why I love living here so much?! Honestly, it's always work but we always have so much to be grateful for. We have a generator. We have a home with two wood stoves. My entire family was here for three days, safe and sound. After three days, our power came back on. Tyler was sooooooooo happy - he really missed his PlayStation. Truthfully, I missed my computer and my blog friends!

I'm glad to be back on-line. I'll have more photos tomorrow.