I woke up this early this morning to see a snowman standing in front of the Inn. His stick arms stuck straight out and his unseeing black asphalt eyes stared at the empty church parking lot across the street. His orange carrot nose, straight and narrow, survived the nightly foraging by the local deer. His round body leaned slightly forward. Michael had rolled the huge snowballs during the night from the snow that lay on the paved walkway. Wet and heavy, the snow stuck together and held its shape as he moved the snowballs to the edge of the walkway near the parking lot. I smiled. Michael was leaving this morning to catch a plane to Las Vegas. After several months, he was back on the road with his work. I think his snowman will watch over the Inn while he travels.
I hear a big Nor’easter is coming in tomorrow. The weathermen are calling it a snow hurricane. Hmmmm…. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything like it. We are anticpating high winds and a foot of snow. That will provide great skiing this weekend. In the meantime, RJ and I are ready. We stopped out for supplies this afternoon, stacked wood onto the porch, and I stopped at the library for more reading material. Heaven help me if I ran oiut of books! Today Albany got 20 inches of snow. We are expected to get 12 inches plus tomorrow night.
The new hot water tanks were installed today at the Inn, so we now have a more efficient water system with a much higher output for our guests. Great system! Hawn Heating and Air Conditioning did a fantastic job cleaning up the plumbing and actually making more room by taking out the defunct tanks that were being by-passed with the old system.
I think tomorrow will be a day of writing and working around the little house after I finish cleaning the MacNaughton and folding laundry. Even if it snows, life still goes on at the Inn.