Snow--again.

We had a very light 3-5 inch snowfall here at the Aerie from very early Friday morning until after sundown Friday evening. So light and thin was the snow in most of the driveway that I could not use my snow thrower to remove it. That means I had to clear the drive the old fashioned way, with a shove.

It took me the better part of two hours to get the task done even with Terry’s help in clearing the area around the front door and the two vehicles parked outside. I was pleased to see that the stuff the plow left at the end of the driveway was almost as fluffy as the stuff that drifted up on the drive itself. At least I didn’t have to chip and hack away at it until I came up with blocks that could be used to build igloos as I have had to do in previous snows.

I’ve lost track of just how many of these little, piss-ant snows we’ve had this winter, but I know there have been quite a few. I can only recall one snowfall of more than six inches. I’d much rather have a foot or more and then nothing than this near semi-weekly 3-4 inch snow. At least with the deeper snow, I can make effective use of the snow thrower. When we get only a few inches on the gravel driveway it hardly pays to get the thrower out. To clear the stones that stick up in the drive, I’ve got to have the skids set up on the thrower to allow maximum clearance—which is about an inch—even then, I’m hurling stones through the machine.

Oh well, everything looks lovely for the next few days. Then we’ll probably get some rain to melt it all away into mud. That will be followed by yet another snow “storm” that will drop a few inches.

Damn, I wish Spring would get here!

(Almost forgot. Mark says there's been 16 inches and more of snow at the Bolt Hole since I left on Tuesday.)