Wednesday, December 28, 2016

One Week into Winter


Yesterday morning I finished shoveling out from our 14+ inches over Christmas. As I finished, the snow started coming down once again as you can see above. My snow banks were at eye level already.



Here's a quick video tour of what it looked like yesterday.


All shoveled and easy to walk. Yes, I do have a deal with a neighbor who plows my lane out to the main road, I'd never be able to shovel all that.


So all finished shoveling I came inside to my cozy house and just looked out the windows at the snow. Then I headed of to work till 10 pm.



This is on a side window of my van. Where I grew up you could not ever really see the actual flake patterns in a snowflake. Here you can!


When I got home from work, it was still dumping. The streaks are just from a slow shutter speed. It was still very much a cold dry snow, not rain.


Another foot or more had fallen. After getting a good nights sleep, I'm back to shoveling until needing to head back to work this afternoon. I really do like the snow. But sometimes a break in the shoveling would be nice. The ski resort here is reporting over 20 feet of snow fall for the year. And it's only one week into winter officially! I hope you are all enjoying your winters with whatever kind of weather they bring you!






9 comments:

  1. Oi, I'm a wee bit jealous of your snow. Our last two winters here, in northern Alberta, have been terribly mild.

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    1. Well I seem to have plenty to share this year. Anther 30-40 inches in the forecast for the next few days here!

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  2. I am enjoying my NO snow! I never liked to drive in it. Being from southern California, I just never got used to it and now I am back in southern California and hopefully getting some rain today and tomorrow! Your home looks beautiful in the snow!

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    1. It's nice there is all kinds of climates so we can all find something we like! And thank you.

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  3. I just found your blog and find your story very interesting. I am much older, I retired in December 2017 and have moved to Puerto Penasco Mexico, on the Sea of Cortez. I have beautiful winters, no snow but we do have to sweep and shovel the sand that blows in and gets everywhere. How far are you from where you work? I bet you have some great stories of animals coming up to your house. Even though I am in a city of 40,000+ I can relate, some, to your isolation. I live in town and do not speak much Spanish so I am somewhat on my own. I'll keep reading and enjoying your experiences!! You are very brave and strong to make this move!!

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    1. Welcome! Sounds like a very different and lovely area. I do a wide variety of jobs depending on the season, so that varies. But most are for folks not too far from where I live.

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