“Lots of snow!” say the chairs at shortly after 8:00 a.m. this morning.
***I wonder if I could do a coffee table book featuring the chairs … :)
It’s snowing!
During our Winter Weather Advisory of the last two days, it has been snowing lightly most of the time.
The big event was (and IS) forecast to be tonight through late Tuesday. The snowfall amounts keep increasing. Currently, NOAA is saying something like 12-24 inches between now and Tuesday.
Emergency Travel only.
It is cold, but not super cold at mid teens and wind is thankfully calm.
Late yesterday afternoon as I was coming in with Bear and Auggie, I noticed that the bathroom vent on the roof was close to being covered so I went up to give it some room. The snow on the roof didn’t look that bad from the ground, but when I got up there…oh…about a foot of snow.
Rats.
I stood there … on the roof … with my shovel and tried to convince myself it could wait until today. But the forecast and it was snowing and I was up there WITH the shovel… I finally said “Just do it!” and I did.
The roof trusses are fine, even though a bit flat. It is the porch roof that worries me as far as snow load and so I typically clear a path from the bath vent to the porch and then clear the porch roof.
The snow was mostly light and I am pushing it slightly downhill so it was not bad given the depth. It was still a workout, but I was glad I had not let it get deeper.
This morning, another 4 inches from overnight. I shoveled some paths for us. Auggie likes the little side paths so he can hide from Bear.
The chairs were decorated nicely.
Inside, I got out the “crinkly tunnel” toy to help with Auggie’s cabin fever.
He goes out, but not for long and then gets the crazies in the house.
The tunnel has not held his attention long in the past, but today he played in it several times.
Yep, another 4 inches with the big dump still to come, so I cleared the roof again…
And also got out the mini-tractor big red snow thrower and did the drive and turnaround.
It looks good now, but I’m guessing I’ll get to do it again…probably twice. I am NOT complaining, though! I am anxious to snowshoe and snow is necessary for that fun. At the moment, I’m getting enough exercise clearing snow, but hopefully later in the week, things will calm and the snowshoes (and me) will get a workout.
It’s snowing!
Winter gets it’s groove on
Our White Christmas was a kind of wimpy White Christmas.
Post Christmas, we did have a nice snow event.
January 1…a bit of sun..
January 2…a bit of snow…
Here we go Winter 2015.
Winter Weather Advisory.
Winter Storm Watch.
Winter gets it’s groove on!
Staying warm
The forecast was correct: cold, windy…COLD and WINDY!
But clear skies and sun that sparkled in the trees…
And Wind that blew the snow off the trees.
Auggie watched.
He wanted out and I did let him out several times after the temperature hit 12F. But, I kept an eye on him and a timer. He came in before the timer all three times.
It is COLD and WINDY!
Lots of the little nuthatches out and about and they gave Auggie something to watch.
And you can see how thick his coat is. Like Bear, he has a double coat.
Although, the wind direction is such that we are mostly in its shadow, every so often a gust swirls down bringing snow off the trees: tree avalanche.
And despite the blue sky…it is COLD and WINDY.
Bear and I had several walks. Short walks. But, he still took a moment for a look from Beardog Point.
Inside…a bit of baking.
More on this bread another time, but if you have ever been to Della Fattoria in Petaluma, this is my version of their signature bread: Meyer Lemon – Rosemary Campagne Boule. I’ve never tasted the original, but mine looked right and the taste … out of this world, good! (***this is my second loaf. The first, I made yesterday (Sunday) was gone in a flash!)
We are staying warm.
Scenes from a Snow day
I think somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 inches of snow fell. It was 30-31F on the ground so the snow compacted as it fell.
The new snow thrower … my neighbor called it my “mini-tank” and I like that!! – had a good time. I was plenty tired when done, but took the advice of the salesman and had an easier time this round. The track drive is great traction, it is also a bit more work turning when doing some of the tighter spots like around the mailbox. All in all, though, with the heavy snow I still got all done in 2 hours with a 20 minute break at the halfway point so not bad at all. (I did miss seeing the big yellow backhoe, though … such a cheery machine!)
The temperature started dropping about noon. I can hear the wind high in the trees, but it is from the NNE so at ground level, we are in a wind shadow from Jewell Basin. Being in the wind shadow is a good thing. It is to be very windy and very cold tonight and very cold until Thursday.
Bear, Auggie and I enjoyed a bit of outside time today while it was still relatively balmy.
Scenes from a Snow day follow. The bird is a nuthatch…Auggie had his eye on it, but got tired of sitting in the snow, thankfully!
