Oh! - it's been such a long, tough winter! We haven't had this much snow since 1996. We currently have 3 and 1/2 feet of snow on the ground, with 6 to 8 MORE inches of heavy wet snow predicted for this weekend! NO!!!! Not only have we had way too much snow, it's been way too cold. On Monday and Tuesday of this week we had minus 20 and minus 25 degrees F. This isn't normal for March! However, today it got all the way up to 25 above zero, and we all "went crazy" enjoying the warmth. I got outside and shoveled snow, and took a walk, and even my cats have been running around all day long playing and following me and 'helping' me shovel. (not). But tomorrow the temps are supposed to get to 32, and we are supposed to get a very heavy dose of wet snow followed by high winds and then sleet, rain, and more snow for next week. I think this is the never-ending winter.
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| Standing next to my greenhouse. The snow slides off the roof and piles up on the sides. This pile is about 6 feet high from the ground level. I'm standing on 2 ft of snow with another 4 ft of snow piled behind me. Today we are going to try to shovel some of this away so the sides of the greenhouse don't cave in. |
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| I finally got a path shoveled going to the greenhouse, and one of my cats (Bobbysox) just had to see what's up in there! It was nice and warm in there with the sun shining, almost 90 degrees! No garlic is coming up yet under the straw cover. |
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| Everything is so drifted! |
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| Harold's sawmill is buried. It'll be a while before he can saw wood again. |
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| I took a walk down the road to take pictures, and several of my cats followed me for the walk. They love to go on walks with me, just like a bunch of dogs. We have all been cooped up for too long. You can see how deep the piles of snow are on each side of the road. The photo doesn't do it justice, but these piles of snow are about 5 feet high. I dread the mud season when all of this snow melts. |
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| I doubt we will be doing maple syrup this year unless the snow melts quickly. This pile of snow is blocking the path to our sugarbush. Harold needs to get his tractor fixed to move snow before we even attempt to start tapping trees. This pile is almost 6 ft high. |
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| Even the deer are having a hard time this year getting around in the deep snow. For some reason they can't seem to walk in a straight line - note the crooked path they have made. |
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| A couple of our cats decided to soak up the warm afternoon sun on the porch. You can see how drifted the snow is all against the house. |
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Hopefully this weekend and next week won't add too much snow to our already deep piles! We are truly sick of winter. In a couple weeks the calendar will say that it's "spring", but I think actual spring will be a couple months away for us.
2 comments:
Hello Aunt Pat. I'm signed in as Zach right now in Google, but it's me, Becky. I haven't seen such deep snow around here like that in years. That is crazy. Also, I'm surprised they have kept your roads out there plowed so well. I guess that's one good thing, right? Those cats are so funny, I'm glad they're doing well this winter. I hope this is the last blast of winter for you guys this weekend. I know it's supposed to warm up here next week in the 50s and 60s, so hopefully good weather will be coming our way. Take care and hang in there!
All this snow certainly does get old, but I think it's much better than mudslides, floods and tornadoes. Floods could be a thing I suppose, but you're on high ground and we're in a desert so. . .those small lakes will be helpful to have around. Hope the leeches don't pack up for dryer ground.
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