Dreaming of a White Christmas

"Arctic Blast 2008" was a real stunner for those of us in the Pacific Northwest. I know that 2 1/2 feet of snow is a drop in the bucket to a lot of you, but to us it pretty much shut down the city for a couple of days, and the outlying burgs for a few days longer. I donned boots, jacket, gloves, hat, you know, the 'works', grabbed my camera and headed out to take this photo before the neighborhood kids would have their snow fun.