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- Adventures (7)
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- 13 June 2009: Final JB2 and JB3 Concert of '09
- 20 April 2009: Nanna turns 100
- 8 March 2009: 2009 Solo and Ensemble Competition
- 2 February 2009: Five Generations of Cutlips
- 23 January 2009: Aunt Sallie's 80th Birthday Party
- 22 December 2008: First Day of Winter
- 21 December 2008: Snow Corgi
- 18 December 2008: Dreaming of a white Christmas
- 28 November 2008: Macy's Parade in Seattle
- 6 September 2008: At the Hummingbird Cafe
Archive for December 2008
First Day of Winter
22 December 2008 by ben.
Snow continues. Raffle gets a lift. Everybody is happy!
The first day of winter brought the 2nd consecutive day of 6+ inches of snow falling in our neighborhood. This is definitely the whitest week I’ve seen since I moved to Seattle in 1979. Raffle (the Snow Queen) was born in northern Alberta in December, and so she only knew snow for the first five months of her life. The snow in the backyard finally got too deep for her, so we cut channels so she wouldn’t vanish in a drift.
![The corgis out for a snow st[roll]](http://icecreamnut.com/__oneclick_uploads/2008/12/dsc06045_corgis_big.jpg)
From left to right: Pippin, Bonnie, Raffle, Sandy
Raffle enjoying her life as the Snow Queen, being waited on by Sandy
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Snow Corgi
21 December 2008 by ben.
Our snow and cold just won’t go away! The low on Saturday morning was 14.9 degrees F (-9.5C), the coldest ever reported by my weather station, with the average for the past two days just 23 degrees F. Saturday, another snow storm moved into the area, dropping 7″ (18 cm) of new snow. My brother, Nathan, in Montesano near the Pacific Ocean, reported 14″ (35.5 cm) of snow by 10 pm last night as it was tapering off at his house. Seattle was spared most of the high winds from this powerful storm, which generated gusts of 70 MPH in Enumclaw and 100 MPH in Cumberland.
Kim and I got back from the Christmas shopping shortly after the snow began to fall in earnest just after 3 pm, and so we were able to enjoy the rare spectacle of snow on a very cold day in Seattle. I took these shots after 10 pm around our home. In this first photo, our older corgi, Raffle, plays a bit in the snow. She’s about 86 in ‘people years,’ but bursts with exuberance in the snow!
Raffle loving the snow
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Dreaming of a white Christmas
18 December 2008 by ben.
Snow and cold have dominated the Seattle area weather for the past five days, with today’s snowfall the most fun. 28 degrees and light to moderate snow all day created excellent conditions for sledding on icy streets near Dahl Field. With school canceled again, the girls and their good friends shared shrieks and smiles.
Anna (left) and Bonnie (right) trudge back up the hill
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