Snow Dogs

I had no illusions that I would get tons of ceramic work done this weekend as the blizzard hit.  I know myself far too well for that!  Ray is snowed in here and his presence always signals "vacation time!" to me.  My work was limited to reading blogs and shoveling our long driveway.  We found a great site to watch tv shows online (free and awesome! http://tvgorge.com ... I hope they keep it up but have no idea how they make money as there are no ads...UPDATE: they are making "improvements" and currently have no videos to get me through the snowpocalypse!) and have marathoned the last season of Dexter as well as caught up on other favorite shows.

The snow is so deep that it's actually easier to crawl across the top of the snow on hands and knees than it is to try to walk.  If you do walk, the snow swallows you up to your knees every time you take a step.  Ray and I tried both ways today when we decided to make a snow dog, and Bandit helped by modeling for us.

Freckles, who has shorter fur and thus is too cold to lay down in the snow, got in the way as much as possible, climbing into my lap or onto the sculpture.  She was too cute not to cuddle with.  The dogs will only walk where we have broken a path--unless they see something to bark at, in which case they will go wherever they want.

Now I'm bored and rested enough to head into the kitchen for a couple hours of testing a recipe I found in Martha Stewart Living: Pear-raspberry heart mini-pies!