The TV station that stopped transmitting during the storm last night was back on this morning. I sat in bed and watched the strip of cancellations at the bottom of the newcast. Abbotsford, Alma, Altoona, Amery, Arcadia, Ascension, Augusta ... took a while but finally the local school's name was there. It was officially a 'snow day'. On our morning constitutional it looked like another five inches - hard to tell when it's drifting. Whip was bounding around in it up to her belly. Deep enough in the driveway that I wasn't going anywhere until the snow plow guy came. I looked out to where the truck had been stuck last night. Couldn't see anything. Turned out though it was just covered w/ snow. Late in the morning a wrecker pulled it out of the ditch. Good day for crockpot steak w/ onions and peppers - got that started. Wrapped a gift. Worked on some more Christmas cards. Started an experiment. (What's winter w/o an experiment or two going?) Hung out a small platform feeder and put mealworms in it. During the summer it should be a big draw for the insect eaters but most of those species have migrated. Was curious if any of the remaining birds would go for the dead insects. Around 2 p.m. Whip began to bark. Plow guy was here! I took a shower and jumped in the car to get a few errands out of the way. By the time I got back the house smelled of crockpot steak. Not bad but not one of my better efforts - think it will taste better tomorrow.
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