Hoarfrost in December

Now that it’s raining out, mud everywhere and just plain gloomy (WTH mid January thaw?? Oh that’s right, it’s Wisconsin), I felt a need to revisit a magical morning about 2 weeks ago, when I took the dogs for an early morning walk in the sparkling hoarfrost.

December 30, 2012, walking the dogs in the sparkling hoarfrosted morning. (click to enlarge)

The studio (and beverage) tunnel

When we woke up yesterday, after the blizzard, we had 6ft drifts (see Feb 2 post ) and the path to the studio was drifted in.

So I started shoveling.

Zuzu supervises the digging

Once the tunnel was dug, we could get to the studio. I went first and showed the littles (Dexter behind Zuzu) how awesome this would be.

Showing them how to go through the tunnel.

Out in the studio, there is also my Diet Coke supply.

I began to teach Dexter and Zuzu about how this could be the beverage tunnel.

With Diet Coke in hand we successfully retrieve the first can.

And then Zuzu piped up, agreeing to be my little drug-runner. That’s my girl!

Zuzu in action!

And then Ivan tried his hand at helping with the adult beverages. We decided to let him do the heavy lifting. This is a bottle of Furthermore Brewery’s Fatty Boombalatty.

Ivan handles precious cargo....

The beverage tunnel is a success!

View of the studio (morning after the blizzard)

Here’s the view of the green shed (my studio), morning after the blizzard. That’s a 5ft high fence….