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Perfect packing snow

Snow fun

I've been waiting and waiting for the perfect packing snow all winter. Finally, it fell!

So I borrowed the neighbor kids for sledding, snow-man (and -dog) building, and (their top choice) ornamental snow-cupcake creating. Despite being slightly derailed by a snowball fight, fun was had by all for the cheap price of a carrot (for a snow man) and a brownie (for the kid whose nose was hit by a snowball).

If spring absolutely must come, I'm now ready. I wouldn't mind another few white-outs in the interim though....



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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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I'm so glad you took pictures! I was hoping you'd share your snowman/dog with all of us who haven't got to make one this year :)

By the way, I'd take a hit to the nose with a snowball for one of your brownies too!

Comment by Kayla Tue Feb 20 10:32:36 2018
Wow you did get much more snow than we did. We had maybe 1/2 an inch. Looks like you had fun with the kids. And brownies yum.
Comment by bleueaugust Wed Feb 21 15:55:16 2018
That looks awesome. :) Snow is great when you don't have anywhere to be, and when it's just the right type of snow it's even better!
Comment by Eric Thu Feb 22 20:05:24 2018





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