THIS IS HOW WINTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE!

 Didn't we have more snow last night??????

 Oh well!  At least it was light.

 Barb and I were out there doing chores and lovin' it.

 We had Colorado skies and it was melting before the get go.

 Chores went quickly....

 The sun made all the difference.  I even took off my jacket.

 Gary did some shoveling before he left for coffee.

 I could not stop taking pictures.

 Who knows what this will look like tomorrow when it hits the 40s.

 Barb checked out Mustafa before she left...

 and I started shoveling.  The pile of snow above is nearly 5 feet high.

 Enough?

 L'orange Marmalade stuck his tongue out at me.

When I got in the house I spent several hours putting a collage on a 55 gallon barrel that Gary cut for me.  It is my new bass drum.  Ha Ha!

 I took whatever was on hand and glued it to the barrel with that clear papier mache glop.

 Gary even made me some drum sticks out of dowels.  Tomorrow I will get some good decoupage glue and cover the whole thing a couple of times to make sure it sticks properly.

I attempted to catch a 30 minute nap, but got a phone call and it didn't happen.

 Out for evening chores at 5:30.  The light was so different from this morning.

 Got in by 6.  Fed the cats and dogs, took a shower and we went down to Apple Creek Farm for dinner.

 As per usual, there were many flowers.....

 Dinner was excellent.  A spinach salad.

 Stuffed shells and nice crusty rolls.

 Just what I wanted and so delish!

 Dessert was a chocolate "volcano" cake baked with chocolate pudding.

Louise always does a great job!

Home before 9.  Going to crawl under the covers and watch the Academy Awards for awhile.

Night all.