Our two Tax Deductions both like snow but for different reasons. TD#1 (15) likes to look at it through a window, eat snow cream and walk around in it long enough to take a picture and then head back inside. TD#2 (nearly 10) on the other hand sees snow as raw material destined to become a massive art installation. If we’d let her, she’d stay outside for days as long as there was snow.
On Thursday night around 8 o’clock, I brought whatever I was working on to a stopping point and took the TDs outside to enjoy the falling snow. As expected, TD#1 spent five minutes getting dressed in order to be outside for two minutes.
Although TD#1 big timed us and retreated to the warmth of the house, our faithful dog/goat/orangutan hybrid Lucille was keen to frolic in the snow with us. Even though she’d eaten her weight in dog food and table scraps during the day, Lucille stopped every few feet to snack on snow as if it were sugar. Just three days earlier she sat in our yard eating a collard leaf. Don’t believe me? Here’s a clip:
