Terry and I shoveled snow for two hours Thursday morning. We had a total of 3-4 inches (far less than they forecast) with a dense layer hear the top indicating that there was a period of freezing rain somewhere int he storm.
It wasn't deep enough to use the thrower except right in front of the garage so the shovel was the way to go. We've built a nice rim of snow/ice around the driveway. The highest pile of the white stuff is just in front of the front door at the base of a roof valley. That pile is nearly four feet high. Certainly less than the piles of snow we have around the Bolt Hole or Mark's cabin (there he has to throw the snow UP when he shovels off his roof) but still respectable. Since it's in the shade (at least it would be when/if the sun comes out), that snow will be around awhile.
Actually, the sun did make an appearance yesterday. It came up over the mountain while we were shoveling and stayed around for several hours before giving way to some thin cloud cover late in the afternoon. The temperatures even got up into the 20s which caused some of the ice/snow on the Tundra to melt.
Alas, the sun did not reappear this morning but the snow did. There's been a slow but steady snow fall since well before 7 AM. It's not supposed to amount to anything--just a half inch or so--but the psychological effect is most disturbing. THe areas of the driveway that were starting to show stone and earth after the shovel work and sunshine of yesterday are all white again. THe deck, which was not only cleared of ice and snow but actually dried by the sun, is white--again. The view from the Aerie which extended for ten miles or so as the crow flies all the way to the gap where Route 15 and the Tioga River pass through the mountain heading toward New York State has been reduced to the immediate 1/4 mile with the rest being nothing but a wall of white--again.
I am getting sick of white. And gray and black. Even the pine trees in the area--so green when the sun is out--appear black when the world is cloaked in clouds and snow.
And it is only January 30th. We won't even hear from Phil until Monday. If that over grown mole sees his shadow....
6 comments:
I love California in the winter! 65 and sunny today!!!
You're welcome to send the snow up here - we've hardly had any since the meltdown in mid-month.
Did I mention that there was between 9 and 12 inches at the Bolt Hole? Or that the local weather here in the Northern Tier of PA is looking at a storm developing down south that may bring 6+ inches this way Monday night into Tuesday? I'd gladly ship it to Alaska (coals to Newcastle?) but the shipping fees alone would use up all the stimulus money.
We've mostly had dark skies and cold weather. This seems like the longest winter EVER!
You all are certainly going to need a new shovel soon. :)
72 degrees in Phx today.I miss the cold weather.
Hang in there, Joated! Come over to my place for a much needed laugh with KIM Jong IL and Nancy Nonpartisan Pelosi.
JG
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