Snow

[fbhjr]

Yesterday the storm began.


The forecasts were for anything between 2 and 15 inches. (5-40cm)
By the time we went to bed last night there was more than the minimum.


By morning there was somewhere around 5”/13cm. But, it was piled much higher where the plows had been.


The plows were doing their best, and got really close to my wife’s car.


It’s good that he is an experience driver as he was able to clear along the bumper line of my wife’s car.


But, we decided to go clear the rest ourselves.


It was switching over to a freezing drizzle. So, it was leaving a hard layer over fluffy snow.


Remember, where we live, this car is cleaned enough to move.


But, the windows do need to be cleaned a bit more before going too much farther.


My car, parked where the plows do not leave the extra snow, took much less work.


To celebrate all this, our Christmas cactus started to bloom!

Comments

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

Do you always get this much snow or is this extraordinary?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

This is about an average winter storm.
It's a bit late. We usually get one this size earlier than this.

In January and February it is not uncommon to get them once a week or so.
But, some years, none.

This time of year it won't stay. The temperature goes up and down too much. By Friday it is supposed to be up to +10C.

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

We got a foot of snow here in NH.
The puppies always go beserk playing in the first big snow of the season!

Our Christmas cacti have morphed into Halloween cactii - no blossoms are left now :(

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

I cannot believe how much snow has fallen in just one day .. that's amazing how the landscape has changed. Wow. Sooo pretty (well ofcourse it's pretty to me, you have to live with the pain of living in it)

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

And this was a small to medium storm.
The big ones we get half a meter.

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

woah. really? wow.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

We usually don't get more than one of those a year. And some without it ever happening.

But, 20cm to 30cm is fairly common in January and February.
At least most years.

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

The weather has been a bit crazy this year ... it seems hard to predict.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Wow snow. Lots of it. The cactus is gorgeous!

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

Our Christmas cactus is blooming also now. It's nice to see some color in this dark season.

You sure got a LOT of snow!!!
I'm so NOT ready for that yet.