Here is another snow photo to show how much of this stuff we have.
Every time we shovel out, we have to huck the snow over that pile. A well-meaning neighbor came over on Thursday with his snow blower to help out, but the snow blower could not throw it over the mountain, so it just stuck to the side and then slid back down onto the drive. We had to shovel it anyway. I guess the old back and biceps have > 8 horsepower.
Meanwhile, since we are giving out kudos to Big Box stores, here is one for Home Depot.
Once again, the actual experience exceeded the reputation. We bought a lot of our light fixtures there, lots of light bulbs, the bathroom mirrors and medicine cabinet, shelving for the basement, a roof rake, and so on. Most of it turned out quite well. We really like the tilting bathroom mirrors. Good stuff.