The snow predicted to fall until this morning didn't happen. It had mostly stopped by around 7 p.m., or thereabouts. The wind continued; over its sound, I could hear snow plows working on the streets. Eventually, there was moonlight and a pretty dawn and sunrise.

First looks...

Back patio.

Out the front door.

Sun's up.

Koi pond looks like a sink hole in the back. Drifts too high to get back there to check them.

R2D2 nearly hidden again. Good thing I cleared some yesterday, or he'd been covered this morning.

The side filled up again. Turned out it was not very powdery as I'd hoped.

Neighbor George's RV covered.

Neighboring people are appearing. Quite something seeing so many out there with snow-blowers and shovels.

My iPhone got too cold in my jacket pocket and stopped working about this time. I was sorry because it caused me to miss a lot of the action. Goodwill was definitely happening as people helped each other.

Next door neighbor George with his snow-blower made a path around my pony and up to the fence gate. Got the camera warmed up in time to grab a quick shot of him. Then, it quit again for a while.

The neighbor on the other side and I helped each other with some of our common driveway's shoveling.

The street began to look different with so many people working away at the snow.

One of the neighbors fell down on his newly replaced knee and smashed it. He is being taken to Grand View Hospital here.

After awhile I was able to move my car and finish shoveling out the rest of the driveway.

Looking out the driveway.

While I was brushing off the snow piled on my pony I looked up for a moment and there zooming over me was a bald eagle! That made all the snow struggles and winter garment hassles worth it. I was glad I was out there that instant.

The front porch and driveway are cleared and the side of the house up to the chimney area. The snow had somehow got a crust on it between the chimney and front gate so I couldn't do that last portion. Later, I chopped away at it making some progress, but the three hours I'd already put in proved to be my day's max on shoveling. Still, I'm happy in a grateful, satisfying way that I could do it.

This morning's first pass along the side of the house.

Remembered to take another picture of the second pass when the iPhone warmed up.

Finding a place to sling the snow was a challenge.

R2D2 is freed up a bit. It's venting for the furnace just fine it seems.

Time to call it a day.