The warnings started in earnest on Thursday that two weather systems (one from the south the other from the west) would be colliding somewhere around Boston and would create blizzard conditions for the northeastern U.S.

Friday – the calm before the storm and an opportunity to take Lucy for a walk down Robbins Road on a light coat of fresh snow.

The real snow was  to start on Friday night into Saturday morning .. and it did!

Lucy was totally confused when none of the doors on the main level could be opened! but luckily there was only about 8″ of snow under the deck (from the basement door) and then someone kindly made a little tunnel for her.

A little sustenance was needed after all the snowing and blowing. Aah!  a pot of black bean soup with odds and ends from the refrigerator!

And it continued coming down and blowing around until about 5 p.m.

Sunday morning brought a gloriously blue sky, a light breeze, and sunshine that created a myriad of crystals on the snow. Out with the shovels ..

And a little grooming ..

We’re all shoveled out, so off down town to see how it looks there.