Even though she left at seven weeks old, Finlay is a Minnesota dog and loves playing in the snow.  I keep telling her that one day the sun will be warm and there will be green grass to run on and water to swim in.  I don't think she believes me...

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We got six inches of snow on Wednesday.  Then another foot on Sunday.  We currently have two-to-three feet in the yard. This garden fence is four feet high...

I spent a lot of time shoveling the last two days.  Mostly making trenches so we can get to the chicken coop or the driveway.  The "dog yard" still has a foot over most of it, but they have enough room to do their business...

To get out to the garage, we have to go through the gate and make a hard left turn...

That gets us around the plow pile...

A couple more good snows and Kelly won't be able to get her car out...

I also spent three hours pulling snow off the roof of the house...

Every winter I tell myself I'm not going to let it build up, that I'm going to rake it off more often so it's not so hard to do. And then one day I look out to see all the roofs like this...