Welcome back Mr. Carrot . . .

One great thing that came to pass from the awful bleak smoggy weather that we *ahem* enjoyed last week?.... we found our snowman's nose. It had been lost for months under the frozen tundra that we lovingly call our front yard. But not anymore... not with the nasty inversion and then the rain (yes, rain in January) that we were surprised with.

Hooray for mr. Carrot and welcome back... we've missed being able to make incredible snowmen buddies with you. We've had tears, and even tantrums when one by one we found your friends... Mr. Hat blown into the neighbor's yard, miss scarlet the scarf half frozen in a bank of snow on the side of the road, the coal black eyes a week after; but your bright shade of pumpkin was no where to be found. I even had my suspicions that a neighbors dog had mistaken you as a chew toy... Now months later after a depressing month of gray, your smiling face-can I even say that?- shows up on our icy grass and we're glad. Again Welcome back, please forgive that we left you out in the elements for so long. We would have looked harder--- but it was so stinkin' cold. I knew you would understand.