March 7, 2011
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For all of you snow-free people……edit
….gaze on the snow to your heart’s delight. Just remember that we are the ones who have to move this stuff, drive in this stuff, and put up with it for approximately 6 months of the year. (that could be why some Northerners aren’t too happy this morning.)
The view out the cab of the backhoe. Actually I was sitting still in it since I’m not that great a driver when it comes to this backhoe.
The snow is so wet and heavy that Doug had to go forward and back so that the blower didn’t get plugged or the tractor stall out. You should see the stones come out of that thing. I am glad that there is no boar in that pen up there anymore. (you can barely see the pen on the right side through the blowing snow)
That sign is so true. The snow is so heavy that they are only clearing what they have to so that they can get around. A path needs to be cleared to the barn on the hill so that the calves can be fed.
Edit: Since I wrote this the sun has come out and it has stopped snowing. Ian called and said the roads were clear enough so we could go out if we needed. I armed myself with my list and left to go to the bank and the store. Just outside of town on the main road I was stopped short of a very bad accident. A milk tanker had gone off the road and rolled over. I turned around and went home without running my errands. I don’t think we need anything that badly.
Comments (4)
Thank you — I am sorry that you have to endure it. I appreciate the glimpses of winter that you give me.
Oh my, that’s a lot of snow! Ours has mostly melted.
Everytime you show us more snow pics~ I get a bit giddy~
and thankful we moved to Oklahoma.
My son must be buried in this stuff, he hasn’t called in a month or so.
I saw that you’re reading Lone Survivor. Tim LOVES that book! How do I know? he would tell me all the neat things going on, thus he ended up reading half the book to me.