{"id":685,"date":"2009-12-19T18:56:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T22:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2012-01-22T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T16:15:51","slug":"snow-snow-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=685","title":{"rendered":"Snow Snow Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2719\/4198582558_e4072470fb.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0035\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2771\/4197830065_d8c3cbe910.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On this day, the never-ending day of snow, we were summoned to Milo&#8217;s room at 5am, soft white light flooding in through his windows like it was mid-morning rather than barely dawn. &#8220;Look! Mr. Sun is out! It&#8217;s morning-time!&#8221; I guess it was, technically. Now, one huge pot of chili, two loaves of bread, two excursions into the dredges of snow, three attempts at snow-removal by Andrew, five-million attempts to get Oliver to nap for longer than 15 minutes, and a few cups of delicious hot-chocolatey-goodness later, it is dark again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2500\/4198583864_643d118322.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0075\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2589\/4198583202_a9411fe557.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0066\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I love this. I love snow, feeling slightly claustrophobic as the level of snow rises above solid bottom panel of the sliding-glass door. To me, snow is no nuisance. It is cozy, delightful. Nothing puts me in the Christmas spirit more quickly than a foot or two of snow. I get it, if you&#8217;re older and can&#8217;t get around very well, snow probably sucks. Luckily I&#8217;m not quite there yet. Snow is still magical. MAGICAL!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2586\/4198582778_bde8a613bc.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0038\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2616\/4198583422_65f00462b0.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0070\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The igloo that is our front yard<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2577\/4197829815_5650c15716.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0099\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4002\/4197829593_3225fbfb9a.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0076\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2612\/4197830447_758fbc55be.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0108\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And unless the temperature suddenly rises and we have to deal with flash floods&#8230; this magic could stick around for Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day, the never-ending day of snow, we were summoned to Milo&#8217;s room at 5am, soft white light flooding in through his windows like it was mid-morning rather than barely dawn. &#8220;Look! 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