Comfy under the Snow

[primsong]

Our area got a whopping 8 inches of snow since yesterday, which for us is unheard of - everything is at a complete standstill.  I bundled up before it got dark and waded down my long driveway to the mailbox but the mailman never made it apparently.  Lots of kids on sleds on the hill nearby and my cat has glued herself to me so if I even make a motion of possibly sitting down she literally comes running to get into my lap.

Got out to the birdfeeder in the back yard and cleared a circle around it so the ground-feeding little birds could get something to eat, the trees around me became an excited chorus of chirpings as I revealed the ground for them and they were all over that bit of earth as soon as I was back to the house.  Dumped some stale nuts out there for the squirrels as a way to get rid of them (the nuts, not the squirrels) and retreated back to where it was warm.

Very, very grateful right now for having a roof, windows and walls.  Oh, and hot macaroni-and-cheese with lots of freshly ground pepper.  Grateful for that too.
;-)

Comments

[tinidril]

At this point I'm very glad to be here where it's chilly but not (any longer) under a blanket of snow and ice! It has been quite a while since the Portland area has been hit this hard. I heard a report that the last time it was this bad was about 20 years ago. But I remember a January, right after Christmas break in 1969 when everything was blanketed with drifted snow (up to 3 ft deep in the drifts) and crusted with at least an inch of ice. We had just come back to school after the holidays when it began snowing mid-day, so heavily that they sent us home early. We were out from school for about 2 weeks, as a blizzard came through and then the silver thaw. I hope you don't get that because it's never good! (Beautiful, but not good).

[lurkingcat]

That's a lot of snow. Or at least it would be for my city. The office is full of excitement about the possibility of snow falling overnight and most of the folk here are new to Bristol. I predict that if get any snow at all we're going to get a light sprinkling that will melt quickly and that'll be that. We have our own little micro climate here and previous experience says that even when the rest of the UK is buried, we'll have hardly any snow at all. Which is just as well because this city comes to a standstill when it does snow...

[primsong]

I do remember that one about 20 years ago, my kids were quite small and a neighbor boy slipped and cut his forehead on the edge of a chunk of ice, he had a small scar there for years. Crazy stuff.

And yes, a silver thaw is a lovely thing for photographers but not so good for anyone who needs to get anywhere - anywhere at all! I had to wade and dig and pry a bit just to take out the garbage, very glad I'm not required to be anywhere just now.

[primsong]

It IS a lot of snow for us too, we're pretty much in the same climate type as much of the UK. And Ooh, Bristol! That's on my list of places I would like to see someday if I can ever get over there. I do hope you get that perfect sprinkling that makes it sparkle without being a nuisance.

[lurkingcat]

Heh, I really, really like living in Bristol. I've spent parts of my life living in other places but this is the one where I occasionally realise I'm smiling just because I like living here. Nowhere's perfect but Bristol is such a great mix of old and new getting along side by side and there is always, always some kind of crazy art installation or yarn bombing or new street art to look at.