A Wicked Stahm is Brewin' and "Yankee Milk Fever" sets in

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb0LBfd45C8aDCBFwUh8v8IKEpOLM-BfD6W_QJ6Ky5qvLaiFVNF0qBwY1no5M5OJxKkBLcUGf6-f_bgwJwEzXjZs7rTDqoplGlMQQ9WYrPyr-Ha17NdVNjtXZmprL2r9xwjL_OyBPJTG2/s1600/IMG_2177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb0LBfd45C8aDCBFwUh8v8IKEpOLM-BfD6W_QJ6Ky5qvLaiFVNF0qBwY1no5M5OJxKkBLcUGf6-f_bgwJwEzXjZs7rTDqoplGlMQQ9WYrPyr-Ha17NdVNjtXZmprL2r9xwjL_OyBPJTG2/s1600/IMG_2177.JPG" /></a></div><br />So, 35 years after the Blizzard of '78 hit New England, we're hunkering down for another Nor'Easter/Blizzard/Snowmaggedon. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWLxzK9SEQLMuITMNcz7BFHaATdy6DBozF3EqQNd34HPcB2DUYtwQBiuG-NpcDXba2nbn-h9nqp66kUYNp3UlZ4Y38FuXPnoWkGvkjedLLlnPbVcIjkTFuDUvIKZlA9hTsQZsYwCYY5uh/s1600/IMG_2186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWLxzK9SEQLMuITMNcz7BFHaATdy6DBozF3EqQNd34HPcB2DUYtwQBiuG-NpcDXba2nbn-h9nqp66kUYNp3UlZ4Y38FuXPnoWkGvkjedLLlnPbVcIjkTFuDUvIKZlA9hTsQZsYwCYY5uh/s1600/IMG_2186.JPG" /></a></div><br />If you were in New England at that time, you likely remember how you spent the blizzard.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxAlBr4gcqwtel5C-rpCRZrITvmr7UMfmG2o53Z66-M4y2RLH5g0ncxoyolSU1VTGt1fr3S7lj1jZV3u2jfiOj-ps6bbWcyXUsYlGFII070IQFos5dSNXHqbtL8Z_7ZO6odHSZmxxWswO/s1600/IMG_2178.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxAlBr4gcqwtel5C-rpCRZrITvmr7UMfmG2o53Z66-M4y2RLH5g0ncxoyolSU1VTGt1fr3S7lj1jZV3u2jfiOj-ps6bbWcyXUsYlGFII070IQFos5dSNXHqbtL8Z_7ZO6odHSZmxxWswO/s1600/IMG_2178.JPG" /></a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Perhaps you were stuck in your car on Rte. 128 for days. Or in the Boston Garden after attending the Beanpot tournament. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIgmrWZh5JE67lXm32bcAdbxK0KfrGX8JbEyai4Y5Zmi8v3SloHCp0Swern-vgaavE7sC6BNEZLgaIkZoDLfBTeqC6hay3ISaMlelS1UlGP6XsKiLY_A4AEwxQ2NntSp-vm-yjPzQvlzb/s1600/IMG_2184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIgmrWZh5JE67lXm32bcAdbxK0KfrGX8JbEyai4Y5Zmi8v3SloHCp0Swern-vgaavE7sC6BNEZLgaIkZoDLfBTeqC6hay3ISaMlelS1UlGP6XsKiLY_A4AEwxQ2NntSp-vm-yjPzQvlzb/s1600/IMG_2184.JPG" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Perhaps you were looking for your car, wondering if you'd be waiting for Spring before you'd see it again. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEA90YdMgshY7KMGo9poeanzajy0BuJ40dms0Z_Iea9qXK-9WUQHsfCD69LALwfqNL5vpG8rkVxDFJgl11x_KLgIeBOadTnu5wLg2kLV5AsKlCmMJvHcABWTsW11W3tNwHjYgjqczaR04/s1600/IMG_2183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEA90YdMgshY7KMGo9poeanzajy0BuJ40dms0Z_Iea9qXK-9WUQHsfCD69LALwfqNL5vpG8rkVxDFJgl11x_KLgIeBOadTnu5wLg2kLV5AsKlCmMJvHcABWTsW11W3tNwHjYgjqczaR04/s640/IMG_2183.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Or your street was under freezing water due to unprecedented tides.  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFFa2mOTPhit2UUW8A2eqY-Ag32gRdYXeaHXbou_r_28MxCDRC_iN6HpshanAegYQfLcPiRKqIUWoEoQ5AHjPYoDdvmDUpcorIpOnSCPYbj-SIdnrLBx87q7ycGq9dQ0PDecRsXoqs_yJ/s1600/IMG_2180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFFa2mOTPhit2UUW8A2eqY-Ag32gRdYXeaHXbou_r_28MxCDRC_iN6HpshanAegYQfLcPiRKqIUWoEoQ5AHjPYoDdvmDUpcorIpOnSCPYbj-SIdnrLBx87q7ycGq9dQ0PDecRsXoqs_yJ/s1600/IMG_2180.JPG" /></a></div><br />Or maybe you took advantage of traffic-less streets to get in a little skiing. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxAlBr4gcqwtel5C-rpCRZrITvmr7UMfmG2o53Z66-M4y2RLH5g0ncxoyolSU1VTGt1fr3S7lj1jZV3u2jfiOj-ps6bbWcyXUsYlGFII070IQFos5dSNXHqbtL8Z_7ZO6odHSZmxxWswO/s1600/IMG_2178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PZcxnY-sb7PeZNWB5-zFi-dbYeOhXce6raaqrY4I4ck3xl8GsSsL6UjsemZyQ9oq6FxFovBSenHgdOl27YMQzUPgI-b97Oh_UYnIeoM9h6CN6YIhVVrbzy09svvJAek5WBO5nD6bIARz/s1600/IMG_2185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PZcxnY-sb7PeZNWB5-zFi-dbYeOhXce6raaqrY4I4ck3xl8GsSsL6UjsemZyQ9oq6FxFovBSenHgdOl27YMQzUPgI-b97Oh_UYnIeoM9h6CN6YIhVVrbzy09svvJAek5WBO5nD6bIARz/s640/IMG_2185.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />One thing is for sure, we'll never go hungry again! The onset of "Yankee Milk Fever" stems from this storm. When we hear bad weather is coming, we stock up on the basics, because you never know how many days you'll be living on bread and milk! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJmw7d4FuWV8Cao6mkMfISpnkgR8sGXOIUfYfWVnglcBQOhEfZA0hDckT5kK8SZkFexLWjl_ewGatpbl9DdXEmkqOC7zMP2t5dmiphHiggGNmrGZQc__Vbu7Rj25dLIw3A8cSOnzL1P9v/s1600/IMG_2182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJmw7d4FuWV8Cao6mkMfISpnkgR8sGXOIUfYfWVnglcBQOhEfZA0hDckT5kK8SZkFexLWjl_ewGatpbl9DdXEmkqOC7zMP2t5dmiphHiggGNmrGZQc__Vbu7Rj25dLIw3A8cSOnzL1P9v/s320/IMG_2182.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />I was in high school and spent the days without electricity and heat at home with my parents, grandmother, our dog Tiny (a shorthair dachshund who did NOT like the cold) and the neighbor lady. We had an open floorplan house so my Dad had to tack blankets and plastic sheeting on all the door openings into the kitchen/family room to keep the heat from the fireplace in. Thankfully, we had a big fireplace and a gas stove which could be lit with a match. And the telephones still worked (ah, landlines!) so when I went stir-crazy I could hide out upstairs (it was 40) to call friends and check in. We also spent a lot of time gathering sticks and kindling from the woods - it all felt so very "Little House on the Prairie". <br /><br />So, we're all preparing for the coming storm - apparently upwards of two feet. I'm trying to get a bunch of design work done in the event of an extended power failure, plus battening down the hatches. And buying my bread and milk. The fireplace is a little smaller than the one that got my family through the Blizzard of '78, but it will have to do!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0dCB-3fRrRXb476OcwETkVPpsfH9x4e_4HPwDt9ufE_kOoCNGMFFap55dAmTQJddDGE2DQupDdi3LWqjDBOFPV2dNUa6mbAdeMaBMOsW4oEfGUl_505mmPaMwh-_NVNu3o2nxju3aoiU/s640/LMerrill+2012+Holiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0dCB-3fRrRXb476OcwETkVPpsfH9x4e_4HPwDt9ufE_kOoCNGMFFap55dAmTQJddDGE2DQupDdi3LWqjDBOFPV2dNUa6mbAdeMaBMOsW4oEfGUl_505mmPaMwh-_NVNu3o2nxju3aoiU/s640/LMerrill+2012+Holiday.jpg" width="449" /></a></div><br />Thinking warm thoughts!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ovqviLmSvZ1z-vA1k8kwh3mevFvoU5NL0OLo0eg5rA7ioCW-hrnJgE1m2zMZUjektzeOiWQmY9GLDN36enVa1m1LYXE6n0-tb0jlGLQQreywE6lTT13uOSptiKmWVePpsUp7Tq19ez7m/s1600/Fireplace+montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ovqviLmSvZ1z-vA1k8kwh3mevFvoU5NL0OLo0eg5rA7ioCW-hrnJgE1m2zMZUjektzeOiWQmY9GLDN36enVa1m1LYXE6n0-tb0jlGLQQreywE6lTT13uOSptiKmWVePpsUp7Tq19ez7m/s1600/Fireplace+montage.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">all credits and image information <a href="http://pinterest.com/linda_merrill/fireplaces/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div><br /><br />If you are in the path of the storm, I wish you warmth of hearth and home!<br /><br /><br />If you would like my help on your design project, I would love to chat with you! 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