They closed the airport down

The Prairie Princess and I are snowbound. The last I had heard the snowfall amount in St Paul was something over 15 inches and still snowing. Unky Herb is cooped up in his friend's place in Edina, unavailable to wield a shovel. The roads should be avoided. PP and I shoveled for a while and although we cleared most of the apron behind the garage, it is again impassable. We also helped several stalled and stuck autos off Chatsworth Avenue to parking spots or to St Clair, a through street. There were quite a few folks helping with shovels and brute force, pushing the autos along to a safe place. It's great how people will join in to help people with snowed in problems.  The cars will have to move again tomorrow because the snow plows are scheduled to come through as part of the city's declared snow emergency.

The rest of the day was spent resting our bones and I did some more slide scanning. These photos are from a 1983 visit to Minnesota from the Santini branch of the clan. It was in the fall, possible Thanksgiving, but maybe earlier in the fall. I don't remember.

Unky Herb and his cousin, Nancy, when he was about three and a half.  They seem to be having some fun.

A photo of Nancy and Johnny with this blogger.  I guess Johnny must have had a growth spurt because he appears to be taller than me, or maybe he's standing on a stool.  Everyone seems to be having a good time.

There is more shoveling in my future, but probably tomorrow, rather than yet tonight.  The wind is expected to howl and the temps will drop.  That defines a wind chill event.  The city will begin to open up again tomorrow.  See Emmy's report on the snow storm of the decade.  She's one of the blizzard people.