The Snow Gods were listening....

yes, we got hit as called for - 16 wonderful inches of blowing snow....without much wind block we had area with as little as 6 inches and then drifts throughout the property approaching three feet...i shoveled A LOT and the dogs, well biggie, had a great day.

Here are a few shots of the snow drifts outside the garage door, around the barn and fountain and then of course some furry fun....

After playing around in the snow, the rest of the day was spent inside -- our county was declared a level 3 snow emergency which meant we could not drive on the roads unless it was an emergency or face a citation...so stuck inside....this does not bode well for my short attention span but it was actually a blessing in disguise as i was able to work on trades for artfest....i had no idea what i was going to do but after playing around with some wire, digging through supplies down in the studio i grabbed some clay, a few stamps and was off and running...here are a few shots of some completed, some partially completed trades..

in the right hand corner you can see a couple pieces made by ellen this fall...they were what inspired this tray of trades...thanks ellen....