Saturday, January 11, 2020

Winter wonderland

Well, as predicted, we got a big snow dump yesterday.


We had about an inch of snow on the ground already, which caused no trouble at all. The snow started falling on Friday morning around 10 am, lightly. By 3:30 pm, when I took Darcy for his afternoon walk, we already had three inches or so, and the mountains were hidden behind curtains of snow.

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To Darcy, snow is nothing more than a huge chew toy.


It snowed all evening and most of the night. I got up early this morning -- around 3 am -- and the full moon behind the clouds lit the nighttime landscape so brightly that, from our bedroom window, I could easily watch two deer as they emerged from our woods. They jumped fences across the driveway and into the pasture. I was even able to watch them through binoculars, it was so bright. If I'd had my camera, I would have tried for photos.

This morning, our neck of the woods was converted into a winter wonderland.




I'm guessing we got about seven inches in the last 24 hours or so. We also had some drifting, which put the snow knee-deep in spots.


This morning Older Daughter and I took Darcy running in the woods. We went slowly, wading through the snow. We were pretty winded by the end of the walk, since we're still recuperating from this croupy cough.

Here are prints from one of the deer I saw early this morning.


The snow made the bushes look like cotton plants.



Pictures really can't do the scenery justice.


Darcy, of course, just romped and romped and romped.



Older Daughter made a tiny wee snowman.


Don, meanwhile, started pushing snow around before the next dump could put us in even deeper.



We have dribs and drabs of more snow predicted over the next few days, as well as colder temps. I guess winter is here at last.

5 comments:

  1. We don't seem to be getting winter here so I'm thoroughly enjoying all your pretty pics!! 😃
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  2. In my old age, I've decided that there's NO SUCH THING as a "winter wonderland! ;-)

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  3. That is really beautiful. But, you can keep it and just take pictures for me. Darcy looks right at home.

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  4. It's hardly snowed here in Cleveland and we've had amazingly warm weather for this time of the year. I know it won't last, but it's nice, and no matter how bad it gets, it's already the middle of January, and winter is already almost over, and best of all - I'm now retired. As they say in the song, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

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  5. Better late to the comment than never. Don might want to consider a cheap pair of ski goggles for driving the tractor in a blowing snow. You can look right into the wind without flinching. Keeps you warmer, too.

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