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This is how we are starting off 2009 - with a snowstorm! We all stayed put and relaxed at home. Mom went outside to get a picture during the last couple of hours in 2008.
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Here is another picture taken New Year's Eve when our beans made a quick run to the gas station. Mom was trying to get a photo of the falling snow when another car drove along side and parked. She moved the camera then making this strange picture - you can't see the car, but you can see red streaks from it's lights and even the tracks it made in the snow.
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All the very best to everyone in 2009!
Update:
A photo taken today around noon. Very winter-y.
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Bono: This is taken out of our window, looking across our street. Umm, I think I am going to spend days when we have blizzards, like this.
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Mom's wool sweater is so warm, I think I may keep it.