Left behind

Sparta left about six inches of powdery snow in its wake. I did about half the shoveling late last night, and I got up early, under still lightly snowing skies, to finish the job so we could get out of our driveway and on the road for the long trip up and back. The work and the journey trumped a walk, so the picture is actually from yesterday. At the sledding hill with the snow coming down at full force, we spotted a wolf pup that was rapidly disappearing under a blanket of white. Some kid must have left this wonderful critter—a hat, actually—behind. Stasia thought about laying a claim to it, but then thought the better of it. Instead, she opted to have me prop it up on a light post in the hope that its owner would be able to easily find it on a return visit. If you're missing a wolf pup, check the lamp—or lost and found.