Here are some photos of our recent snow storm. We never lost power and enjoyed watching it all through our large windows with a nice warm fire in the wood stove. Talk about roughing it. It was too windy today to get out into the snow, but perhaps tomorrow the kids can build a sled track on our little hill, as well as some snow sculptures and snow caves.
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| Our view from the kitchen window looks like a story book illustration. |
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| Standing at the sliding glass door with snow piled up. |
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| I couldn't avoid the reflections on the glass, but try to look past them to see the snow layers. It's really beautiful. |
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| Someone needs a little help seeing over the snow drifts. |
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| Steven and Catherine hold a snow clearing strategy session on the driveway. |
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| Our beefy snow thrower was barely a match for this much snow. You can see that it's a bit higher than the intake in this photo. It was still pretty windy when Steven cleared our large driveway, so no matter where the ejector was pointed the snow basically blew south. Even if he was south. Thomas helped Steven stack that wood pile in the back yesterday before the storm hit. He's a hard working boy. |
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| Catherine is digging out the propane tank, which fuels our clothes dryer and whole-house generator. We're expecting a delivery of propane in the next couple of days, so we have to find it in order to fill it. Notice how the snow was blown up into a cresting wave. Catherine was a huge help with the snow clearing today. |
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| Another view of the snow drifted against the back of the house. In the background are our woods. |
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| This is the door we normally use to exit the garage. We used an alternate method today. See the snow still blowing out there? Brrrrr. |
