Well, where is the snow???

We have been told to expect the Blizzard of 2013 - where is it???  A small dusting of snow fell overnight and the forecast predicts, when all is said and done, we will have 4 to 8 inches. This amount changes hourly so who knows! As of now, snow should start in the afternoon and continue overnight into Saturday. We did stop and to take a few pictures this morning on our way to breakfast.

This was taken rather early in the morning :) 

The shore line shows no snow and just a bit on the ground by the trees

Also, on the way to breakfast this morning, we passed the lake overlook by the dam and there were several fisher persons out on the lake doing their thing. Not something we would do even in warm weather! 

Well, we are ready for the snow, the snow blower is filled and we have extra fuel. Now we wait! 

Who is Nanook of the North??

Like much of the East coast, we are experience really cold temperatures - soon to be colder! Right now it's 22 out. Yesterday we had snow showers and by this morning we had a bout 2 inches - but it was rather light crunchy snow. B cleaned the car off and we did get out to breakfast! We both bundled up. As I entered the diner I said, "I look like Nanook of the North!" Now this is something I say a lot when I'm all bundled up. I don't think most people get what I'm saying - that it's really cold out and I'm layered up to keep warm. So, I wondered, who is Nanook? When I got home, I Googled it and found he was an Eskimo (which is what I thought but wasn't sure) However, how did I know about him? Well, I'm sure it was my parents who first used that statement when I was a child.

Nanook of the North is a 1922 silent documentary film by Robert J. Flaherty. Nanook is an Inuit who with his family lived in northern Quebec, Canada. The first nonfiction work on this scale, this film was considered ground-breaking. It captured an exotic culture in a remote location. A DVD of the film was released and in 2005 was reviewed by Roger Ebert in a rather lengthy review. Part of the review states:
The film is not technically sophisticated; how could it be, with one camera, no lights, freezing cold, and everyone equally at the mercy of nature? But it has an authenticity that prevails over any complaints that some of the sequences were staged. If you stage a walrus hunt, it still involves hunting a walrus, and the walrus hasn't seen the script. What shines through is the humanity and optimism of the Inuit. One of the film's titles describes them as "happy-go-lucky," and although this seems almost cruel, given the harsh terms of their survival, they do indeed seem absorbed by their lives and content in them, which is more than many of us can say.


So, should you hear me refer to Nanook, now you know who he is! And I learned something also. 

We got snow again

Snow still falling. We shoveled the steps yesterday. This morning B is out with the big snowblower.

Snow??

It's gloomy outside at 1:30 as the picture shows. Usually the sun is shining right in my eyes right about now. A bit of snow remains from the small amount that fell Christmas Eve. More as snow on the way with the question how much

The nut roll I made several days ago really turned out GREAT! That makes up for the first effort that bombed. We had prime rib from Price Chopper for Christmas and it was exceptional! Right now we are looking at The Chew. While a repeat that we saw, it's still good.

Minimal goals for the day. I'm going through magazines and throwing them out after the re-read. I'm also trying to email a recipe using a new program I got a bit ago called Master Cook. Something is not working...so I have to reread the directions. When in doubt, read the directions.

Merry Christmas

A bit of snow last night gave us a White Christmas. Honey is busy enjoying her present while B is on his iPad. I'm looking at the paper and we are in joking Good Morning America. Merry Christmas!