The morning after

Morning view

This is our dove tree. Every spring the mourning doves nest in there.

Good morning!
Before I write about ourselves and any small troubles we may have I want to mention the folks south of us who really have been through horrible stuff. The storm swept over the entire length of the middle US and Tennessee and Alabama were hit very hard. As of now there are 55 dead and many thousands homeless. Entire communities have been flattened. Our prayers are with those folks.
Here in southern Michigan, we got a LOT of snow. One of the worst dumps all at one time I have seen since living down here. I grew up in Northern Michigan and getting a foot or snow at a time up there is not too unusual, but here to be this buried is a little unusual. Thankfully we did not have blizzard conditions along with it. Now along the coastal areas they may have but not here.
Things are still moving very slowly and will all day as it never dropped below freezing and now it is getting very nice out and that means the snow gets heavier and heavier and slushier and slushier which means spin outs, very stuck cars, etc. On our morning scout to see if we should worry about dance class, the main roads had mostly one lane plowed and the main highway had both sides plowed but it was sticky and gooey with slush. The side dirt roads will get done later tonight or tomorrow so it will be a quiet day.
South of Detroit had more ice so the traffic reporters described conditions as treacherous even in late morning. Luckily it doesn't sound like we had power outages in the state this time which is good since Michigan has had it's share this winter season.
It will be an awesome day for snow forts, sledding and snow men.