An "Old Fashioned" Northern Plains Blizzard!

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The wind has calmed down a bit and the snow has tapered off. Now it's time to explore the updated winter landscape! Could this be one of those good-old fashioned winters our elders always talk about? I'll let the pictures do most of the talking..

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Before the snow, it looked like the sap would start flowing soon, so we put in the taps, not wanting to miss a day. Now they are mostly buried. A trek through the wood would have been better accomplished with snow-shoes. Snow depth in the woods was anywhere from 1 1/2 to 3 1/3 feet deep.

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After a few blisters from shoveling the wind-packed snow and a much appreciated visit from a neighbor with a snowplow, we are all dug out!

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The view from our deck..

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AND, this was our farm, exactly one year ago (March 5th to be exact). Setting up the trampoline...

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and free-ranging the livestock..

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Just a little difference, eh?

-Jeremy

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