When I was still teaching one year on the last day before Christmas holidays a kid came to the concert with a newly broken arm. I said to the kid that I had never had a broken bone.
Well guess what? The next day I fell and broke my wrist. Worse than that I was doing the Christmas bird count so I was fair game for all kinds of ribbing like " I didn't know birding was a dangerous sport. "
Well on my last post I made a few remarks about people who have spring weather that is ten times better than mine and they still wanted better weather. I should have known to keep my mouth shut.
Over night we had 15 to 20 cm of snow. Lovely soft white stuff just made for shoveling. The snowplow had just finished yesterday.
Why don't I keep my mouth shut?
This weekend we had some major snow fall...about 24 cm ( 8 in) . For us that's a lot of snow. There was no wind and it was about minus 5 C.
I had the great honor and pleasure of shoveling my driveway and walk three times. It was dry light powdery snow so was very easy to shovel.
I couldn't wait to go out cross country skiing. Skiing was a challenge. I had to make a trail My skies were under the snow. My intention was to make a few rounds and set the track. Somehow with the deep snow I became fatigued very quickly. It was very dull. (You know I'm leading up to an excuse , don't you.) On top of that my glasses got fogged up and I didn't notice it. When you make your own trail everything is uneven so balance is key.
Well that's right . I fell. But I did get up by myself. I continued but had decided I'd skied enough. I stopped. I lost my balance and fell. Yes, I got up again and then immediately fell. The third time I had to take my skies off.
The beauty of the falls was that we had the deep soft snow.
These photos were taken about 11:30 AM and you can see by the shadows how low the sun is in the sky.
I like the way snow piles up on stuff.
You can't say I wasn't warned. Snow has been in the forecast for a few days. Last night it snowed and this morning we woke up to 3 -4 cm on the ground. Other places got more snow. It was minus 4 C (24 -25 F).
It's not unusual for us to get a Sept. snowstorm. It can clear up nicely and we get pleasant fall weather.
Our gardens and plants? They have been finished for a while . They are still green but are not functioning . This will fix the green for this year.
Now I worry about the people facing hurricane Florence. I wish them safety. I will keep my snow anytime and not complain about it.
You'll never guess but we have another spring snowstorm today. Snow started in mid morning and continued into the afternoon. So it gave me an opportunity to take photos of one of my regular topics.
If you enlarge some of these you will see the snow flakes.
One lonely crow is among all the bohemian waxwings.
I was bragging the last two posts about having clear skies so that I could see the supermoon.
Well this evening I have this!
A front went through this afternoon and evening and dropped 3-4 cm(1 1/2 -2 in) of heavy wet snow!
I can also give a heads up to Far Side of Fifty that snow is coming her way and that she got her snow stick set up just in time.
