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Tag: Snowpocalypse
The Blizzard of 2015
I poked my head out of the front and back doors at about 7:45 this morning. I figured I’d snap a few pics in the morning, and then a few in the afternoon, and then a few before bed so that we can all have fun (sarcasm) comparing the size of the drifts and such.
Out the front of the house we see this freshly fallen frozen hell.
I didn’t actually go outside. For this pic I had to lean around the open door. Hence the tilt. I’ll try harder next time.
Out of the back door, the first two don’t have any frame of reference. They are just nice wintery pics.
The gas grill gives us a little perspective on the whole awful mess.
More pictures this afternoon. Assuming we don’t lose power.
How Exciting
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I am so excited about the prospect of going to the super market tonight! WOOHOO! I did some grocery shopping on Friday instead of my usual Saturday or Sunday so our cupboard is a littler barer than it usually is on a Monday. So the plan is for me to go to Market Basket and get something for dinner for the next few days.
While that is exciting enough, low and behold we are about to get decked by a blizzard of historic proportions! (according to the national weather service, of course) That means I can expect a glorious evening of cramming my way through the overcrowded super market. dodging people buying mass quantities of break and milk while I try and get some supper for the wife and kids. It will be like an olympic level obstacle course. I can’t wait!
</sarcasm>
I plan on ducking my head down and just plowing my cart through the panicking throngs. I don’t need to buy four gallons of milk or seven loaves of bread*. I just need some chicken and maybe a jar of peanuts. We already have plenty of quinoa.
Happy Blizzard Eve!
*The four gallons of milk and seven loaves of bread were not chosen randomly. I have seen reports on Facebook today of people seeing other shoppers stock up on exactly those quantities of those items.
Snow
I shoveled the last of yesterday’s snow off the driveway this morning. I believe it is the best snowball/snowman making snow I have ever seen.
In other news, the snowpocalypse is supposed to be coming late Monday night and running through Wednesday morning. They are calling for about three feet in my neck of the woods. We have been lucky in these parts as yesterday was the first real snow storm we’ve had this winter.
Looks like our luck is about to change.
Yippee.
Think I’ll hunker down with my guitar and hope the power doesn’t go out.
Shoveling
Given the choice between surgery without anesthetic and shoveling after two feet of snow…
I’d have to think about it.
Guess what wouldn’t start.
I’m six feet five inches tall. The drift over the mini van was at least two feet taller than I.
I did the unthinkable today. I shoveled the driveway without pulling either car into the street. How?
I used the garage! Today was the first major storm since we bought the house where the garage was clean enough to hide a car while I shoveled. It was a sublime experience (not really).
There are two heavenly moments when shoveling your driveway. One is obvious… its the moment you are finally finished. The other is more subtle. The other is that moment when you first break through the into the plowed road beyond the edge of the driveway. It’s a sweet moment.
Remember, if you have a fire hydrant on your property it is up to you to shovel it out so that any emergency personel who might need it can get to it. Don’t be the jack ass who thinks it’s the city/town’s job. Just do it.
I’m still trying to decide if shoveling would be preferable to surgery sans anesthesia.
Snowmageddon 2013 Continued
After a night of continued heavy snow, we woke up to scenes like these…
Snowmageddon 2013
This is becoming a trend for me. Pictures of the street lights during snow storms. Granted I haven’t taken any pictures of a storm of this magnitude yet.
Stay warm and dry out there folks. Better yet, don’t leave the house!
It has Begun
Snowpocalypse 2013 is well under way.
Still not enough to completely bury the twigs in the yard, but the grass and the street are gone, and it has only just begun. It is really coming down out there.
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