Aerial View: Blizzard of 2013

A full day after the snow stopped falling, and we are all dug out. Here's the aerial view of the garden under 2-3 feet of snow. Click here to compare to what it looked like a week ago, before the snow fell.


The swingset quadrant.


The patio quadrant.


The driveway quadrant.


The workshop quadrant.

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