Calvin: The snow can be quite deep to a very thin covering, all within the same area. We get a lot of wind that moves it around for a while and then areas crust over. New snowfalls will be blown across the hardened crust and accumulate in drifts here and there. Fence lines tend to capture snow and can eventually be completely buried; yet a hundred yards away, I could kick up the frozen soil of the grain field. Continuing with the dog theme and my old friend TAZ, here is a shot of a blizzardy day. He had to squint pretty hard to avoid the horizontal icy projectiles. As I recall, I wasn't exactly enjoying that day either but had to get a picture regardless.

Cheers,
Jack
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Jack,
He was probably having more fun than you. Looks like cold fingure weather to me. Good tough ol dog to bad they have to go. ch