Winter Wonderland
It snowed big time last night. It started around 3pm, when I was out driving, and the forecast was we would get 3-6 inches. It seemed hard to believe at the time as it did not seem much then, and even stopped for a while. But by 5pm it was really snowing heavily and settling. Luckily I got home around 5.30pm so did not have any problems with it. When I took Reggie out for a walk at 11.30 though, there was around 10”, and there were a lot of cars having trouble out there. I was able to enjoy it because it wasn’t me! Just within our apartment complex, several people who were either just arriving home, or were just leaving here, were getting themselves stuck and having to dig and push and rock their way out. And most of them did not have any proper equipment to do it with, so were using hands and feet. And it was still snowing. I helped one person get her car into a space, but saw that several cars were just abandoned to one side. I can’t say that I blame them, as some of them were there for 30 minutes or more.
This morning on our 7am walk, there was a full foot of snow, but at least it had stopped falling by then. I went back outside later to clear the snow off our truck as I wanted to go shopping, but it took me so long to do it that I have given up the shopping plan and am now inside getting dry again. I may go out later, but tomorrow seems like a better idea now! I don’t think we are due for any more for a few days at least. I need to add a shovel and a snow clearing brush to my list as well, as the brush we had snapped this morning under the weight of all the snow it was sweeping, and we never had a shovel anyway, but really could do with one right now. And it would have to happen while Gordon is away – he is in Vegas for his stag weekend. It is really bizarre, they left Thursday afternoon and the weather was so sunny and mild you could go out without a coat, and then Friday we had a foot of snow dumped on us!
It is beautiful out there though. When I was out with Reggie this morning, we walked through some trees into the grounds of the church next door and found ourselves under a load of trees with their branches laden with snow. It was like walking through the wardrobe into Narnia. It was magical. Reggie loves it, she runs through all the deep stuff and buries her head right into it. But it is very tiring walking through it though, more like wading than walking!
This morning on our 7am walk, there was a full foot of snow, but at least it had stopped falling by then. I went back outside later to clear the snow off our truck as I wanted to go shopping, but it took me so long to do it that I have given up the shopping plan and am now inside getting dry again. I may go out later, but tomorrow seems like a better idea now! I don’t think we are due for any more for a few days at least. I need to add a shovel and a snow clearing brush to my list as well, as the brush we had snapped this morning under the weight of all the snow it was sweeping, and we never had a shovel anyway, but really could do with one right now. And it would have to happen while Gordon is away – he is in Vegas for his stag weekend. It is really bizarre, they left Thursday afternoon and the weather was so sunny and mild you could go out without a coat, and then Friday we had a foot of snow dumped on us!
It is beautiful out there though. When I was out with Reggie this morning, we walked through some trees into the grounds of the church next door and found ourselves under a load of trees with their branches laden with snow. It was like walking through the wardrobe into Narnia. It was magical. Reggie loves it, she runs through all the deep stuff and buries her head right into it. But it is very tiring walking through it though, more like wading than walking!
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