Yesterday I was in Scottsdale, Arizona. We knew there was a blizzard predicted to be headed for New England after it dumped snow on more unsuspecting areas of the country. Scottsdale mostly looked like this:

Thanks in no small measure to our American Airlines pilot wearing a Santa tie who I overheard in Dallas commenting to some co-workers, "Let's go, let's go," which seemed to be an exhortation to get the plane back in the air and safely to Boston when so many other flights were cancelled, we got to Boston's Logan Airport safely.

The drive home from Boston took 50% more time than usual. The roads were slippery and we were flanked by salt trucks much of the way. This morning, we woke to 

and 

notice that the snow shovels are handily on the far side of the porch so we can put off shoveling for a little while.

 This was taken just a few minutes ago around 10:00 AM.

And more snow on the mailbox.

and the bird feeder and the yucca.

 It's still snowing . . . 

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