Snow is here

Well, we have had a couple of small snow falls.  Today marks our first snow storm.  At least the first "real" snow storm.  There are advisories and a bunch of snow.  I just measured the snow in the backyard at 11".  We have drifts next to the house that are around 23" and I haven't bothered to measure the snow bank that we have created next to the driveway from shoveling and the snowblower that our neighbor used to help me clear the thing on Sunday, just two days ago.
Here are a few pictures of the back yard area.

This is a before shot




This is the after shot, or the so far shot I suppose



This last one is from the garage looking out.