A Winter Mantle

Hello all!

Hope everyone's week is going good.

Last Saturday we had 5 inches of snow.

Not a bad number considering

those of you who commented 

with 15 and 21 inches. Yikes I say.

The worst for us came in the form of ice.

Sunday night it came in with a vengeance.

The river ice which normally comes 

down from Lake Huron

usually comes in on waves at a time.

It does not jam up all in one evening.

Now with the winds that kicked up,

this caused a lot of flooding for folks

along our mighty river.

Thankfully we are ok.

This picture I took of the restaurant near us.

The ice was coming over the boardwalk

and water was everywhere in the parking lot.

This is our dock.

At the end the ice is covering it...

so not sure if we will have a dock left

once the ice is gone.

We had to replace the end of it last year as well.

The Coast Guard from the US and Canada

are trying to free it up.

Canada is across from us.

Now mind you the Coast Guard is working

without pay because of the Govt. shutdown...

and we are all thankful they still are.

Many local businesses are chipping in 

to provide these hard working folks

with food and a hand.
Liberty Tax will give them their refund
same day if they receive one.

I could not imagine working without pay...

could you?

Without them here in our neck of the woods,

our homes would be flooded.

Some already were before they got here.

We are still not out of the woods yet.

It was freezing rain and/or raining

all day yesterday 
which will raise the water level now.

So please say a wee prayer for both

our brave Coast Guard and those

 affected by the flooding of our big river.

So back to my post.

I wanted to bring a bit of Spring into my

Winter mantle.

So I added these white flowers to my cake crocks.

I also sprinkled some faux snow

on my topiaries.

Mr. Flakes as I call him towers above

smiling down at all his domain.

{our living room}

It's a humble domain,

but I think he likes being here.

LOL

Have a great day my friends.

Winter Mantle Blessings To All!

Janice