It sorta looks like this,

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everywhere. 16+ inches over the weekend, and more on the way. I know this is kind of how some of you think of Wisconsin, but it's actually the biggest snow in Wisconsin in 17 years.

They just...don't...stop...

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...bicycling here! Seriously... I love seeing the bicycle tracks everywhere between the feet-high banks of snow!

Not today

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Bikes on the UW campus

An eventful week

I told you about our busy weekend last week, and it followed through to the week. Monday was my birthday, and Susan baked me a cake (she says the picture had to be bad because the cake was... but you can't fault her for trying the organic cake and icing, right?). She made a fantastic Senegalese peanut soup for my birthday dinner, though!

The beautiful flowers and locally-made card to the right were from our neighbors across the street.

This weekend was equally eventful, but in a different way... my first Wisconsin blizzard. We had about 7 inches of snow on Friday, another 7-9 yesterday, another 1-2 inches today, and another 1-2 inches tomorrow... wherever will we put it all?! We can only know that Susan will capture lots of it in pictures. (I really loved pictures of the DC snow by friends Deb and Greg - check them out!)

The best part of the weekend was the reinforcement of everything I love about our neighborhood... Neighbors helped us clear the walk and the driveway... had us over for breakfast after shoveling... welcomed us for veggie chili and home-brewed beer... for hot cocoa and cookies. Yes, yes, this is my place.

(Just for the record: Susan's chocolate chip blizzard cookies more than made up for the less successful birthday cake.)