Last winter was bitterly cold with many days having below zero temps and a heavy snowpack almost all winter. The snows just kept coming and coming.
This winter has been very different - we just had our first accumulating snow last weekend. We got 7+ inches of heavy wet snow, and it was gorgeous!
Craig took his Christmas snowblower out for its first run. It worked well!
So well that he did four of the neighbors' drives and walkways. (One neighbor tried to pay him with beer. Haha!)
He was fighting a bit of a losing battle, though, because several more inches of snow fell, and then the wind picked up, filling in all his hard work.
Our lovely great blue heron statue got a snow mohawk from the snowfall.
This gives you a bit of an idea as to just how much we got. Look at the furniture.
Then we had a freezing fog, and it was stunningly beautiful!
A look at the fog from our driveway.
This snowstorm seems to have opened the floodgates - we are expecting an inch Thursday, 1-3 inches Friday, 8-12 inches this coming Saturday, another inch Sunday, 1-3 inches next Tuesday, and 3-5 inches Wednesday. That's a grand total of 24 inches, should we get the highest amounts! Most likely we won't, but regardless, there is a LOT of snow in the forecast.
One of those times when I feel grateful to be retired and don't have to go anywhere.
