February 28th, 2008
how deep is the snow?
Yes, two posts in one day. Chalk it up to me finally getting my photo editing software working again (see previous post from this a.m.).
In the comments to my February 9th post, Wayne from Niches asked:
Snow! Take pictures of snow for your poor sweltering neighbors far to the south who only want a smidge of it, just enough to throw things into a well-deserved chaos for awhile.
In response to his request, I went out and shot some photos around the house, but couldn’t upload them onto my blog. Anyhow, here’s how things looked back on February 13th. We’ve had some melting and also some more snow since then, but I’d say the level is pretty much at about where it was two weeks ago. I think it was actually even higher in January, but we had a good thaw that really took the level down a lot. I’m not sure how it stands at the moment, but a couple of weeks back, the local news network weatherman said that we were close to breaking snowfall records. I haven’t been paying much attention to the news lately, but we may well have broken a record since then.
Anyhow, above is a photo of Sabrina on the front porch. I shoveled all of the snow that is tossed up on either side of the pathway and have the sore shoulders to prove it.
This photo is of the front of the house. Sabrina is still on the porch, probably peering at me from somewhere behind the railings.
Final photo is of the studio building. Some of the snow in the foreground was pushed up when the lane was plowed. However, most of what you see just fell. The building looks small but it isn’t. The walls are actually quite tall as that big door on the right was made tall enough to drive a 65-hp Neufeld tractor with a tall exhaust stack through.
And yup, the snow is pretty, but believe me when I say that, when you’ve been shoveling it for a few months, you’re very glad to see the end of it.