It’s official: my back is killing me.  Poor Jim had to go to work today, but the library, like every single school and library in the state, is closed, so I’m home today.  Which means that I get to shovel.  Again. 

Here’s what the snow piles at the end of our driveway look like – one view from inside the front window of our house, and several outdoor views, including a view of the load of heavy road snow that the plow keeps depositing at the base of the telephone pole that’s at the end of our driveway.  The snow piles in our yard are at least ten feet high, which is why shovelling is such a painful chore right now.  (Click on images to enlarge.)

But still, I’d rather be doing this shovelling today than driving in this muck like poor Jim has to do.  And I hear the freezing rain hitting the windows now, so it’s obviously time to go clear the snow before it gets ridiculously heavy.