Snow, snow, snow!

We have just had a storm the likes of which we have not seen for quite a while. Up at our place, I think we have gotten cloese to two feet. It is wet, heavy, sticky snow, so branches and trees are down by the hundreds around here and by the 10,000's region-wide I'm sure. We have lost our power, and it has been out for over 24 hours. I think it could be out for days, because so much is down. We also lost our phone service for a while. We got plowed out by Zach and with considerable shoveling to clear out the pile the plow left behind the car, we got our car out and the three of us have come into Brattleboro. It is a different world here. Electricity, far less snow. I have not been able to reach John, despite repeated calls and emails. I suspect they have lost their power too.

This is normally a very large, high rhododendron bush. The snow has crushed it to the ground.

This is our deck. It is buried in snow. I'm worried about the weight of the snow, but so far, so good.

Snow scenes LATER: We had lunch with Andy and Robin and supper at Panda North. Paul has left and gone to stay with Julie. I reached John by phone - they indeed are without power and also not plowed out becsuse so many trees are down over town roads, their plow guy could not reach their house. So they are worse off thsn we are. However, they have a woodstove and plenty of food in the pantry. They are not suffering. We are charging devices up at the Dummerston church, which has power. Our main inconvenience is a lack of water.