No snow, no go

We had big plans this year to have a New Year's Day sledding party on the big hill behind the barn. But the strangest thing happened.

The week before Christmas and on New Year's Eve we had warm weather and rain! Lots of rain. And it wiped out all our snow. It looks very strange up here to have no snow on January 2. But there you have it.

When we saw the 10-day forecast predicting rain and temps in the 40s on New Year's Eve, we didn't even bother sending out calls or invites for the party. We just decided we couldn't go through with a party where we all rolled down a muddy hill all afternoon.