And It's A New Day!!!!

It was 19 degrees when I got up this morning but the sun was coming up over the horizon and it was a beautiful, crisp winter morning.

 The sky was clear and really blue.  As the sun got higher you could see the ice that had settled on the trees on the top of our mountain.
 

When I first opened our front door i found the neighbors pony had taken up (temporary - I hope) residence.  He was standing at the end of the porch looking out.  Poor little guy was covered with ice and snow but didn't seem any the worse for wear.  A bit later Brian Cook, a neighbor from down the road, showed up with his tractor and plowed out the driveway all the way down passed the front of our vehicles.  I thanked him profusely and he told me that the county had plowed the roads with a grader but had plowed all the driveways shut so he was clearing them out.  This is a super community and we look out for each other.  If Brian hadn't plowed me out, I'd be waiting til late Monday or Tuesday before I could get out of my driveway.  I guess we really dodged another bullet with the ice accumulation.  We only lost one pine tree that couldn't stand the strain and broke over.  So far the roads are drying out and hopefully it will continue as the temps tomorrow are supposed to be in the 50's.  What crazy weather we're having these days!!??!!