Shovel the dock

Blessing-living on a lake
Curse-taking the dock out in fall
Blessing-living in Minnesota
Curse-Living in Minnesota

Today was the second day of snow this fall. We had a bunch, maybe 4 inches. Streets snow melted at once but the grass and sidewalks and decks were covered-and still are. Leaves are on the trees. Summer stuff is still outside. Lawn furniture and the like. And the temperature will be below freezing pretty much every night this week. This is the earliest measurable snowfall in about two decades but that is no consolation. Walking down to the lake in four inches of snow and seeing the dock covered could make you cry. Why didn't my parents move to Arizona.