I yearn to buck the crowd, but,
yikes, I am yielding to the
urge to post this photo and join the throng of mellow yellows* on ABC Wednesday.
My neighbor at 84 continues to do yeoman’s work, clearing her quarter-mile long
driveway of snow, and this week she
did it two days in a row! This is not the Yukon, but we do live in the southwest Michigan snow belt. Lake
effect snow buries us when cold northwest winds blow over the warmer
water of southern Lake Michigan.
We have one of these scoops, too. We call them Canadian snow shovels, but I don’t find reference to this name
on the web. We also have a little
snow blower and a friend with a plow on the front of his pickup. Compared to Joanne we are wimps!
*Donovan did a lot with Colours!
How amazing that at 84 your neighbour still works so hard!
ReplyDeleteway to go Joanne, I won't feel very embarrassed if I live next door to her.
ReplyDeleteThe yellow certainly stands out
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the Donovan music--a trip back in time for me! And that makes two 'wimps' because I'm too out of shape to shovel. Besides, we've already had a brown Christmas in the Twin Cities.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
I have had to deal with ZERO snow since the freak October storm!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
It's a beautiful photograph but I just can't imagine the coldness...definitely freezing point for me , who's from a tropical country!
ReplyDeleteThis year I don't see many snow pictures amongst my Blog friends. We don't have snow in Belgium it's very warm for the season about 11 °C (52F) It's the warmest winter since 1873 !!
ReplyDeleteI hope I still can shuffle snow at that age !
how I hope I am still that active at 84
ReplyDeleteWhat a heartfelt photo, so filled with inspiration.
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