of winter and taxes

Barely tolerating our recent April snowstorm. We got about 12 inches overnight here Thursday which included a bottom 1"+ layer of slush where in landed on the paved driveway. This made it difficult for the snowthrower to do it's job and required using a shovel, for me just a little is enough of that activity. I was so unhappy about dealing with it I couldn't be bothered to take any photos at the time but I did take this photo from my office window after getting in 2 hours late. And a miserable ride into the office it was, people in 4 wheel drive SUVs creeping along like they're driving across a lake with thin ice. I tried going a different route to avoid traffic going directly into Portland and hit a detour that took me further away before getting back in the right direction. It was all such a drag being April and all. I never trust that the chance for snowstorms is gone until we're well into May because we've been through it many times before.

Compared to snowstorms income taxes come in at a close second. Just finished up last year's today. We get enough back from the federal government to pay the state taxes we owe. So that's a wash. Better than owing both. Now don't get me started on the "State Use Tax". That one really gets my dander up.

After finishing the taxes to relieve the "stress" I did a little webcam traveling to Great Britain - here's a picture taken yesterday from the webcam at Eilean Donan Castle. We stopped there on our travels around Scotland in 2000. A must see. Below that is a photo overlooking Aberdeen Harbour. We didn't go there but we hope to next time we travel to Scotland. In the future I want to do some blogs with pictures from our Great Britain trips.

Ian is home for a brief visit this weekend. He spent last night at the nearby Scout camp for the OA's ceremony team practice then he'll be here tonight. Tomorrow we're going to my Mother's for Easter Dinner then we'll take Ian to the train station for him to head back to school for a couple of weeks.

Tonight's Netflix movie, "Invincible".