Dear Diary, We moved to the U.P.
     Dec. 8      6p.m. it's started to snow. The of the seasonand the wife and I took our coctails and sat by the window watching the soft flakes drift down all over the area. It was beautiful.
    Dec. 9       We woke to a big beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shoveled  snow for the first time in years, and I loved it. I did both driveway and our sidewalk. Later the snowplow came along and covered our sidewalk with compacted snow from the street so I shoveled it again. 
    Dec. 12     The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Oh well, I'm sure we will get some  before the lovely winter is through.
    Dec.14       it snowed 8 inches last night and the temperature dropped to 20 degrees below zero. Shoveled  the driveway and sidewalk again and the snowplow did it's trick again.     ( to be continued )