February 18, 2010. Artemas, Pa. Snow. Snow.ebruary 16, 2010. Chevy Chase, Md. Working.

This is an usual day for us to be at the farm. Thursday is normally a work day, but here we are, at the farm and once again enjoying the beauty of the place. When we first drove up to the farm house and realized that four feet of snow separated us in the truck and the door of the house we looked at each other, laughed and suggested out loud "why did we come?". We knew why we came. Although Tammy and Bryan keep track of the houses, we like to see for ourselves that everything is in order with no leaks or drips. Being careful, we thought it smart to stay in the farm house so we unloaded the truck and put our belongings away and organized the kitchen.

The main reason to come up was to check to be sure the hill house had oil. After completing our task down below, we decided to walk up the hill, only to discover that the road has been well ploughed right down to the gravel, so we drove the truck up the hill and discover that we could easily stay in our house on the hill, so back we headed to retrieve all our goods and bring them all up, which we did.

The decks are covered with snow up the the railings, with the drifting the stoop by the road has up to six feet of snow. The fields have not been touched so these huge fields are solid covers of pristine snow. It is gorgeous. Now that the house is warm, and we can go in and out of the house, we are feeling pleased we came to the farm. Sunday, the agents go to New York, to celebrate our Billion Dollar Year. So Ken and I came up today and will return on Saturday. Then I am off to the big city while Ken gets to organize our income tax . Poor fellow.

The only difficulty with so much snow is the walking. It is impossible to walk the trails or the fields with four feet of snow. Perhaps we need to go to Bedford to buy snowshoes.