A bit warmer - but some big wind blowing around - Feb 6th and the

thermometer hasn't hit any number above 30 since Jan 9th.

Over 55 inches of snow have fallen. The new snow presses the old snow down but it still piles up pretty good. Some scenes from the village and the country side.

The Morris Central School - K-12 - somewhere around 700 students - this portion of the building was built in the 1930s.

The back of the school. Through the fence you can see my house.

This is the back of the school - some additions from the 90s and 50s.

Did you ever have IGA grocery stores? This used to be an IGA and everyone refers to it by those initials - but for over 20 years it has been a Big M Midstate. It is our little grocery store and now even has an ATM - actually the second ATM in the village - there is another inside the Mobil station.

The post office is between Dr. Naylor's (a small firm that manufactures ointments and other things used by farmers to treat dairy cows) and

Gatehouse Antiques.

Coming into the village from Gilbertsville you see this.

Nice old house.

Stone all around, surprising in a way that there aren't more stone houses.

A very pretty little chapel south of the village - used only in summer.

A faded poster featuring last August's fair.

This is a dam. Water is still running over it - under the ice.

Downstream from the dam there is still some open water.

Looking across the lake to the top of the dam in the distance.

Looking down the road.

The Butternut Creek flows slowly enough to freeze.

Looking downstream you can see footprints in the snow - could be fox.

Sunlight on the valley.

Not all tractors are used everyday.

A nice stone farm house.

With light traffic (under 10 tons :) ) and one vehicle at a time

this is all you need.

As long as there is some open water. You can find ducks.

Can you see them in the distance?

One of the larger farms in the area.

Some crows pick through the straw and manure left by the manure spreader. They are looking for any grain that the cows missed.

A private road that hasn't been plowed all winter.

The plows have to push the snow about one car width from the travel lanes so that there is room to push the next snowfall somewhere. The featured tree might be an elm - I didn't pay it any mind until I saw the photo.