Snowbound

We have lived on The Orchard Compound since 1985. We've seen a lot of strange weather, wildlife, humans, and other things out here in that time. But the snow of late 2008 is like something in a dream. Like a white Christmas gone mad. It's something we never could have imagined. More snow than we thought possible for this area, a series of malfunctions that left every four-wheel-drive vehicle we own out of commission, and our local roads totally impassable. So, today (the start of our second week of snow) when my wife, Joyce trekked out the quarter mile to the mailbox, it seemed surreal. She's the one who always runs the errands to town. She's the one who plans everything. Now that we've been cooped up here for two weeks, she's starting to really get antsy. So off she went to the mailbox and hopefully a little relief. This is just all so strange. Just glad our family is together...even if we get on each others nerves at times, we at least are together to help pull us through. What a time!