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last snow pics

rich — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:16:38 +0000

I wanted to post the last few photos from the crazy snow that we got last month. By the time these were taken, we had lost our electricity (which stayed off for a week), and couldn’t post anymore.

The first 3 were taken on 12/22, and the last one was on 12/25. It’s kind of hard to see, but notice that the picnic table is completey covered by snow in the 2nd pic. (If you scroll down to the pics from earlier that week, you can see the progressive increase in snow.) And after the 17-18 inches on the bench on the 20th, we got another 8 or so inches.

I think we’ve mostly recovered, apart from the roof on our bedroom deck, which partially collapsed. At least the barn roof held up!

Saturday snow update

rich — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:41:29 +0000

Well, it’s still snowing up here. We’ve probably gotten about another 5-6 inches since yesterday. I walked over to the back bench to measure the snow, and the snow was taller than my rain boot!

More pics…

measuring the snow on the back bench…

measurement detail… about 17 inches…

This afternoon around 2pm (12/20) – notice how you can hardly see the underside of the picnic bench…

This morning (12/20)…

This was yesterday, looking toward the road…

happy birthday to me

val — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:04:05 +0000

The view this morning…

It’s now sunny and beautiful – I’ll try to post another photo later today. I think our biggest worry now is the fact that with 12 inches of snow on the ground, the wire keeping the steers in is much closer to the ground than before. Hopefully some of the snow will melt a bit today before we get anymore!

life in a snow globe

val — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:34:43 +0000

It’s been snowing steadily since about 8am, and it really feels like the inside of a snow globe. The temp has finally risen above freezing (to a balmy 34F or so), but it still feels like it’s 20F out when that snow is hitting your face. The lowest temp we’ve had over the past few days (and ever, in our history here) was 10F. Brrrrrr is getting to be very redundant!

As I write this, it’s still snowing. We have about 6-12 inches in various areas. I’ve included a couple of pics – one from Monday morning (taken from inside since it was 14F and the door was frozen shut!) and the other from about an hour ago. Notice that in the 1st one, you can’t even see our back deck anymore…

Snow Globe: December 16

Sun on Snow: December 14