My snow prayers were finally answered

The bitter cold left the area over the past few days and snow has moved in. That's right kids, we finally had a measurable snow fall here in my fair city. This was the view out our front door this morning:

The Sparkymobile was covered as well:

But thankfully even though we had about two inches of snow the roads were only a bit slushy and I got out to the pharmacy and to the grocery store where I procured not only milk but also a 12 pack of Beck's and some other things.

With the snow came strange visitors. Here's a couple pictures of them:

I made neither of those because I was far too busy with more important endeavors such as reading your blogs, playing spades on Yahoo, and shoveling the driveway and sidewalk. Sparky, who had the day off in observance of the MLK holiday, hates the cold, she complains when the temperature outside drops below 70, and she hates the snow but I managed to get her out for an invigorating walk in the weather earlier this afternoon. Some of the sights we saw were these:

A lion in winter:

A victim of cabin fever or changing taste:
Stately homes:And snow covered trees:

The snow continues to fall and we may get another inch out of it which will mean that all the schools around here will be closed tomorrow and that means that the school children can watch the Bush era end with a whimper and the Obama era begin with a huge sigh of relief. I know I'll break my rule against watching day time TV through the week and I'll keep my TV tuned to Obama's historic inauguration. Hopefully the snow will continue to fall as a competent adult finally takes the reins of power.