Snow!!

Finally.....a real midwestern snow! The average snowfall for STL in January is 7", and I kept telling Mark I wanted it all in one fell swoop. I finally got a made to order snowstorm this week, 7" and a two day midweek holiday...what could be more perfect??! We've had a few dustings, but nothing like I was anticipating with my northern move. Mark was raised in Rochester, NY, so his idea of a big snowfall is much different than mine. He handles them differently as well....we went and took the dogs to the park then met friends with their dogs so the dogs could run and play in the snow while it was falling heavily. Later we decided to go out to eat, having to stop at our second choice of restaurants because the first one had closed early. We sat and had our food while it was snowing heavily. Of course he did the driving....I did venture out the next day to take pictures though. Truly, the roads were quickly plowed and everyone was traveling freely today, although there are huge piles of snow everywhere!

Here's some pictures from our back yard. The dogs love the stuff, even though it seems like they would be cold as can be, especially Lucy. She never seems to get cold though!

Here is the cute little gingerbreak house across the street from us. This neighborhood is full of these really cute houses (although ours isn't one of them). I love walking around and looking at them!

I finally got brave, and drove out to Forest Park, the big park not far from here for picture taking. Actually, the roads weren't bad, they have plenty of snowplows around. Here's the Jewel Box, which is a beautiful greenhouse which was built for the Worlds Fair (1904?). I think it is gorgeous!

Here's the lake at Forest Park, which was pretty frozen, and covered with geese. The buildings in the back are the Barnes Jewish/Washington University campus, and Mark's lab is in the shorter, second building from the right.

Here's just other random pictures of the park....I love the snow in the woods!

And lastly....Mark had requested a "head shot" for an article that is being written about his research, so I got to play photographer again. I ended up liking the picture well enough that I'm posting it here...(yes, I think he's a cutie!).