Scenes from our first West Side winter...

Somedays it was just beautiful.




Sean and I battled my car every morning: frozen shut doors, doors that wouldn't shut when driving, refusal to start, doors of which one would work, etc.




New friends moved in, including Micaela and wunder-dog Umi.




More Umi dog.




The discovery of a snowsuit I bought for cold winter mornings on the farm made a day of sledding more...interesting. The flared legs aren't too visible in this photo but wow, this thing was clearly a snow bunny uniform in its day.




Lots of bundled up conversations on the front porch.




The space between our house and next door was verrrrrrry icy this winter. Sara nicknamed it "the glacier." Rock salt wil be bought in bulk next year.