The danger of speaking too soon
Dec. 12th, 2010 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithAccording to the weather maps I've seen, the snow has almost all pushed through. I bundled up and went outside to try and right the little spiral Christmas tree, which is right in the teeth of the wind and was listing at a 45-degree angle. Couldn't manage it--it won't stay upright until the wind dies down.
I walked around the house to assess matters. I can't tell how much snow fell because of the wind. Most of my driveway was clear except for a deepish drift in front of the garage and some drifting at the curve where the front sidewalk starts. I shoveled those areas. Now I wait. Unless we get pounded in the next few hours--and anything is possible when 'lake effect' comes into play--I think I can say we dodged a bullet. It's a total guess, but I don't think we got more than 3 inches of heavy powder. NW Indiana is supposed to get 20+ inches.
I'm concerned about the roads. The driveway did have a thin layer of ice beneath the snow--I hope that's been worn off the roads by the time I leave for work tomorrow morning.
King and Gaby played outside while I shoveled. Despite all the doubts about the reliability of doggie DNA testing, I still think Gaby really is part Husky. God, she loves snow. I was dumping shovel loads over the fence, and she was bouncing around the piles and shoving her face into them until all I could see were her two dark eyes and a mask of snow. If she were any happier, she'd have exploded.
Snowface. Much of the mask had fallen off by this point:
A cardinal couple from earlier in the day. They're hard to see because I took the photo indoors:
The female ate first while the male waited. I assume he was standing guard. After she finished, he ate.
I walked around the house to assess matters. I can't tell how much snow fell because of the wind. Most of my driveway was clear except for a deepish drift in front of the garage and some drifting at the curve where the front sidewalk starts. I shoveled those areas. Now I wait. Unless we get pounded in the next few hours--and anything is possible when 'lake effect' comes into play--I think I can say we dodged a bullet. It's a total guess, but I don't think we got more than 3 inches of heavy powder. NW Indiana is supposed to get 20+ inches.
I'm concerned about the roads. The driveway did have a thin layer of ice beneath the snow--I hope that's been worn off the roads by the time I leave for work tomorrow morning.
King and Gaby played outside while I shoveled. Despite all the doubts about the reliability of doggie DNA testing, I still think Gaby really is part Husky. God, she loves snow. I was dumping shovel loads over the fence, and she was bouncing around the piles and shoving her face into them until all I could see were her two dark eyes and a mask of snow. If she were any happier, she'd have exploded.
Snowface. Much of the mask had fallen off by this point:
A cardinal couple from earlier in the day. They're hard to see because I took the photo indoors:
The female ate first while the male waited. I assume he was standing guard. After she finished, he ate.
