The danger of speaking too soon

[ksmith]

According 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.

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[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

Turned on TV to try to get our weather (hard freeze expected, and then back up 40-something degrees tomorrow...) and instead got the Chicago/New England game, in Chicago, in blowing snow. Patriot are pounding the Bears.

Gaby's adorable. That snowface. And that "Are you gonna come and and play with me, huh, huh, huh???? It's SNOW, mom! I don't have to stay inside NOW, do I, huh, huh???"

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I was barked at yesterday, I'll have you know, for telling someone not to bother me when she wanted to go outside.

This morning, it's clear and sunny. Winds have slowed, but they may pick up again later. A little more drifting in the driveway, and chain snaps and door locks were frozen shut and needed squirts of WD-40.