We have 4″ of new fluffy snow and Huck and I have been out playing while Momma Dog swept off the deck rails so the cats will have some place to sit. Our old snow is firm enough now that Huck can run on it without breaking through, so I had to endure him racing away from me at breakneck speed, then returning to shower me with snow. He says he is practicing his hockey stop, but it’s going to take the rest of the morning for my fur to dry. Now we are watching the birds at the feeder and Momma Dog is reading “Crusader’s Cross” by James Lee Burke for the Mystery Book Club. It’s scarier than she usually reads so we are helping her by barking whenever she gets into the scary parts! Poor Momma Dog, she startles so easily!