Penny catches snowballs
The blizzard is here. We still have power, so that’s good. Church was canceled today so I was going to sleep in, but Penny needed out. Va fixed our usual Saturday morning breakfast of scrambled eggs and biscuits. After I ate, I went back to bed and slept until 11:30.
With the wind blowing the snow around it’s really hard to gauge its depth. I measured 17″ on the deck, but our well head is still very visible out in the backyard. I estimate it’s less than a foot deep there.
The snow was drifted up against the sliding glass door, so I had to knock that down with a shovel before I let Penny out. I didn’t shovel t all the way down to the deck though, and I only went out about two feet. Just enough to keep it from caving into the house when Penny was ready to come back in.
She seemed to enjoy the snow, weasel jumping all through the yard to find a place to transact her morning business. She is obviously enjoying it in the photo above with Beth. Catching thrown snow is one of her self-appointed duties.
When the wind dies down I plan to put on my snowshoes and go for a walk. This is one of the rare activities during which Penny gets more tired than I do. It requires a lot less exertion to walk on top of the snow with snowshoes than it does to weasel jump through it.
More bulletins as events warrant.
February 9, 2013 at 1:23 pm
We’ve had our share of snow here as well, about 30 inches in the last two weeks total. Most of it is compressed down so that it seems like it’s about a foot deep when walking, but it sure tired me out today when I went for my walk. Good luck with yours!
February 9, 2013 at 1:29 pm
Thanks. I just shoveled off the deck. That seemed to me to be the best way to keep it out of the house, though my son David suggested that a better way was to just not open any of the doors. But we will need to get outside. Especially Penny.
February 9, 2013 at 6:35 pm
We ended up with about 13 inches here. I spent a lot of time shoveling it too.
February 9, 2013 at 6:39 pm
I just finished clearing the driveway. The snow was deeper than the snowblower’s maw at the garage door and at the end of the driveway. Towards the middle of the drive it was only about a foot deep. I’d guess the average depth was about 16″.
February 9, 2013 at 8:15 pm
Sitting here in Tennessee where we had a 1/2 inch snow that melted within three hours and I have to say I’m just a wee bit jealous! Enjoy it!
February 9, 2013 at 8:37 pm
This is one of the reasons I love New Hampshire.
February 9, 2013 at 11:47 pm
Looks like it was just about right there. Good snow but you weren’t completely buried.
February 9, 2013 at 11:50 pm
It was the second highest snowfall amount on record in Concord at 24″. I don’t think we got that much at my house, but it was a decent amount and I’m not complaining!