42Gee

We were predicted to have a blizzard today with 12-18″ of snow; it sounds pretty serious but so far it’s a bit of a let down round here!
We woke to windows spattered with snow and howling wind! Outside there are places where the snow comes up over my wellingtons – it took some effort to push my way out the front door for example; but also places with almost no snow at all – look at the top of the sundial. Some great wind sculpting of the snow round rocks, plants, too:

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(sounds like a Roobarb cartoon!)

I took this picture last weekend, from Pat & Daves house looking to our house, when there was snow all around (but with temperatures in the 50s and heavy rain recently, there is no snow today!)

Snow at 42 Gee Ave

Serves me right for saying “winter is easy this year” … yesterday we were hit with about 6″ of heavy wet snow; not too much when we got up (maybe 2″) but it kept going through much of the day …

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At work, more and more snow as the day progressed:

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It took me about 3/4 hour to clear the driveway when I got home, so that we could park our cars – GBMINI is not at all keen to climb over snowbanks!