Thought I'd share a few shots of the snow left behind by Nemo.
When I went downstairs yesterday morning at 5 am, the yard stick taped to the chair showed 17 inches.
The wind blew hard enough all Friday night and Saturday to cover our covered front porch in at least an inch...three in some places...of snow.
We always park my van at the head of the driveway just in case. Thankfully, the snow was light and fluffy which made shoveling much easier. Grace wanted to help and begged for a chance to shovel too. Don't think it was as easy as she'd thought it would be.
On the way to the van, I stepped into one drift that was up to my knees. Considering my imposing height of 5 feet, a drift to my knees is no biggie. It was the drift in the backyard that was up to my hips that had me pondering ways to extract myself - and had the little urchins belly laughing at the vision of mom suddenly semi-disappearing in the snow.
Ellie (in pink) fashioned herself a seat in the snow so she could relax and watch us shovel. Grace had other thoughts. She soon dumped her dustpan of snow on Ellie's head.
The wind blew constantly yesterday which was a bother while shoveling. I felt like half the snow I cleared from the driveway blew back into my face. Still, the wind created these wonderful striations around the urchins footprints and
just in the yard. Hopefully, this is the last hurrah for winter this year. I am so ready for spring. How about you?
You found a lot of beauty in that big snow !
ReplyDeleteI too hope it was the only big one of 2013 !
Happy Sunday !
Oh Kim...I second that hope! I am so over winter and ready for spring. How about you?
DeleteI remember those New England winters! The snow art is beautiful...actually almost looks like sand. Hope the girls have a great b-day...maybe some sledding?
ReplyDeleteBut do you remember those NE winters fondly or with cursing included? Or perhaps a bit of both? I must say that roads get cleared much quicker up here than in DC! Amazes me every time.
DeleteThe girls had a great birthday...pizza making party at a local pizza place last Saturday and cake with presents from mom and dad on Monday. Of course, now they're asking how many more days until their next birthday. Ha!
love the snow drawings, but what i love most is your daughters wearing ski goggles!
ReplyDeleteThe girls were in giggles over being able to wear the ski goggles in the yard Velma. Given their height, the wind was blowing snow right in their faces. Both complained so much yet would not go inside...like that would have been fun!...so I suggested the goggles. If only I could have located mine...
DeleteThough Nemo was a bit too much, I'd love to have some snow here. I miss it! And your beautiful photographs up-close just make me miss it even more. I know all the inconveniences -dangers even- of heavy snow but those postcard landscapes are irresistible. Spring will surely come. Let's enjoy the winter in the meantime!
ReplyDeleteErsi, if I could bottle some snow and send it to you, I'd be happy to. There's plenty to spare! I really should get out with the camera and take a few more shots of the area. It is gorgeous here when it snows.
Deleteisn't life wonderful !!
ReplyDeletewhilst y'all were snow*playing
Up There...
i was at the beach
here
in florida
playing on
the edge
of the Atlantic Ocean...
{{ bragitty~brag~brag }}
i have little snow*knowledge
but you make it look rather fun !!
Oh! There you go bragitty-bragging
Deleteabout your lack of snow
and your abundance of sun
and beach with its shimmering sand.
Not that I blame you one little bit.
I'll trade my snow for your sand any day!
{{ PS--yardstick
ReplyDeleteon yard chair ---> genius !! }}
The little urchins get such a kick out of measuring the snow. Thought I'd get a head start this time and taped the yardstick to the chair. It worked great...and is still out there and likely will be until the spring thaw.
DeleteThat looks like a whole lot of snow J - has it melted yet? I love the shots of the snow that look like sand on the beach whirled by the wind...Wishing you sunshine and springtime soon.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of snow...especially in the drifts. Stepped into one that was up to my hips. That was fun to get out of. The temps since have been reasonable with lots of sun to about half has melted. We got another inch last night - which will delight the girls when they see it.
DeleteI owe you and Barry and several others emails. So sorry not to have responded yet. It's been an odd and hectic couple of weeks. We're preparing for vacation next week too which only adds to the hectic-ness. Hmmm...don't really think that's a word, but you know what I mean.
Enjoy!
Love these pics Jennifer. I am so interested to see how extreme the weather has been for us all lately - over here fires and then floods, over there the big freeze. Here I thought I was heading into spring on this trip and it seems Europe is also really really cold! Ugh.
ReplyDeleteAs my dad likes to remind me, we now live "up north" and it is cold and snows up north. In some ways, this truly is normal winter weather for this area. Granted, not the 27-40 inches in 24 hours that some areas got, but still...
DeleteI too had been thinking of the extreme weather though. Odd, yet hopefully not a harbinger of what our future weather patterns will be. If so...I may just have to move somewhere more neutral.
Have a wonderful time on your vacation! We're off to Hilton Head, SC on Sunday ourselves. Should be warmer "down there" than it is up here. Enjoy!