I wanted winter, and it seemed it would never come. Now it is here and is as cold and beautiful as I could want. It is 5 (farenheit) right now, and it has not been above freezing in 20 days. They say it will on Tuesday. So it has been cold, but until this week, there was little snow. Then we got a nice big storm on the 13th and 14th. In this place of typically snowy winters the road crews have had an oddly hard time cleaning this up. To be honest, it took me two and a half hours to shovel my driveway on Wednesday though. I shoveled once on tuesday night moved a nice light fluffy 6 or 8 inches, but the next 6 inches had a heavy layer of sleet fall on top. The University actually closed though, so I had plenty of time. A snow day!
It was like a little mini-Christmas in the middle of the term.
Everything sparkles with pearls and diamonds and platinum of real winter, glittering
The big storm on February 13th and 14th! First in the evening as the snow gets going, then in heavy fall at night, Christmas lights turned on just so that I can see them once in snow, then in the afternoon on Valentines day.
Ice refracting light from the sky on the 15th.
6 comments:
Great pictures. I grew up in Michigan, and now living in the Maryland 'burbs of DC. We got a little bit of that winter, too! And I crave it whenever it graces my new home. Great blog! Cheers! randy
I enjoyed your scenes of winter photos. I don't have any winter weather here in palm springs...at times I actually miss it!
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Ah, snow !
I'm glad for you that the Snowy Magic came to you. A snowless year would have been sad.
Beautiful !
*jumps inside the pics*
It looks so wonderful. I'd be willing to be constantly cold if I got to see that happen every year.
Wonderful pix ... but why aren't you sitting out on the garden seat enjoying the view?
Ohhh... I am envious, but also very glad that you finally got some lovely winter, Heather. :) Even if all we have here is endless rain and the odd gale force wind, it's somewhat comforting to know that at least somebody is still having proper winter.
Absolutely beautiful pics. Thank you for sharing them!
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