Snowy day

It's another snowy day in Iowa. The really exciting part? It was 11 degrees ABOVE zero this a.m. and no wind! That's supposed to change later in the day.

Here's a picture of our church, St. John's Lutheran, yesterday afternoon.

The snow on our old front gate was kind of artsy
when I went out to shovel at 6 a.m.

Here are the evergreens on the west side of the dogs' yard. They were scrubby little ditch cedars we dug up and planted after the straightline windstorm in '98 took out pretty much our entire windbreak. Not bad for ditch trees.


Without any wind, the snow piled up on the top bar of the fence. A pheasant was cackling in the evergreens. Phoenix is thinking about having pheasant for a morning snack.


This is timber along Hwy. 6 on the way to work. Yes, I did actually stop in the middle of the road to take a picture. It was okay. There wasn't anybody else on the road.