Getting ready for Christmas - 2008

By the middle of December, I realized that there probably wouldn't be any ice fishing this year. I took my fish house out one time in November when there was a lull in storms and the snow had not piled up too much yet. Since then the snow kept coming, the roads to the lakes were blocked with snow drifts, and the lakes had so much snow on them that it would be impossible to drive on them except with a snowmobile-which I don't have.
So we just tried to keep the driveway and walkways cleared off and start getting ready for Christmas. We did have a special guest show up on our porch one day too!! Marge Simpson!!!!


The snow kept getting deeper....

Karen's almost daily chore was to keep a pathway open for her cats to get to the litter box behind the garage. Cats don't really like to scratch around in the snow so Karen made sure they were kept happy. If you are wondering how her cats survived in the winter like this--she did have them in the house a lot. I also had built them an insulated cat house and we kept an electric water dish in there too. That way they always had (thawed) water and the heat from the dish added some heat to the cat house as well. Not that they needed all that of course, but Karen liked to keep them happy.

Over the years we had toned down our Christmas decorating and eventually ended up with just a small tree. The holiday seasons were always special for Karen as she liked to decorate and make things look festive around the house. Who knows, I may even keep adding to her snowman collection even now.

And it stayed cold all winter too........ (click on this picture for enlargement.)