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Yesterday 's temp was 81 degrees- hot. With pasty week of warm weather the snow piles are almost gone and everyone is out and about- walking, jogging, biking, skateboarding, motorcycles, convertibles. Hasn't been so much activity for months and months. Lily and I went to the River Park for a long walk. The water level is up, lots of geese and ducks about. A couple of people were fishing from the pier. Lily is enjoying her walks again ( since her back problem) and we are going on longer and more frequent walks lately. This week we have been walking every day. She seems almost as good as new. Hesitant about stairs and jumping up onto somethings. So far, so good- thank heavens. She is such a good dog and I want her to enjoy herself. When Jim got home from work he got the van "out of storage"'', charged up the battery and off we went in the so called "lily-mobile" for a ride about. Lily loves her van rides.

Jim used the snow blower to make a path around the east side of house to the back where her cleared a huge area for Lily to use. The snow had been so deep she couldn't go anywhere where it hadn't been shoveled. Now she has a canyon to romp in. Whe we come home from a car trip she loves to speed down the canyon path to the backyard and back- really funny. Daytime temps 40 degrees yesterday and today, but still freezes overnight so snow (glacial Ice pack) will be here for a while yet. Water just started running in the gutters today.

Lots and Lots of snow. Last weekend we got 11 inches of snow with drifting. Today is the third day of another storm which has left 14 inches so far and its still snowing now. Storm is ti last til about midnight tonight. Have had to shovel multiple times each day and it never stops. Snowpiles over my head along driveway and by back deck. Drifts overhand the roof. Lily loves the snow but becamed overwhelmed by its depth so I have kept an area shoveled for her out back because snow got so deep. Steps icy so she needs to be lifted up and down steps so she doesn' t hurt her back. This is the biggest snow storm since 1982 per reports on TV. Tree limb hanging to the ground. Jim said there was a squirrel trying to get into birdfeeder and tried from every angle- ground, climbing up pole, jumping from tree branches and nereby bushes. Jim took pity on him and brought him some birdseed which he happily ate for half an hour. Sally cat hasn't been outside for days. Snow depth thigh deep by bird feeders.