India's B-day and SNOW DAZE

Yup -- My niece India (jon's daughter) turned 16 this week. She is a bright beautiful creative soul this girl. And it is such a treat to know her. For her birthday she wanted snow.........and she got it.

India - 16th Bday

We (the adults) took her to dinner at her favorite restaurant (Mazzi's) in town. Gramma Penny made the slow and super sketchy drive on ice from Roseburg to Eugene to get to her granddaughter's birthday dinner. That's a Michigan born gramma for ya!


SNOW DAZE
Monday we got our first blanket of snow (3+ inches) here in the southern Willamette Valley of western Oregon. It sun-upped but the temps haven't gotten above freezing. Expecting an ice storm this afternoon and more snow tomorrow. It's like a real winter. After such a mild autumn, it has hit us a bit off guard.

But, as with any full season, it brings it's beauties.
Snow is like the opposite of shadow -- it whitens the sun-side up of everything.