A snowy few days in the neighborhood
It started here.
This is the winter loveliness Sophie and I drove home to Saturday night after helping Rabia move into her apartment.
It kept snowing off an on for the rest of the weekend.
And really… it was manageable until yesterday afternoon when the sky darkened, opened up dropping huge amounts of the flaky white stuff in such a fast and furious way it was a little scary.
When the alarm went off this morning this is what we were met with.
A whole lot of snow. We get snow here. We’re at a high elevation and we get a real winter every year. It’s usually not this real though.
Our cherry tree is now on the roof over my bedroom and is a lovely sight outside my bedroom window, which explains the groan and shudder I heard last night.
Sophie and I dug our way to the wood pile. Luckily we already had a snow pack to work with from the day before. Sophie thinks it might be just a little too much snow. I agree with her. However, it did giver her the day off, which is lovely because it’s her birthday. Sophie my youngest, turned 15 today. Since we had a late Christmas waiting for her siblings to return, I kept our Christmas tree up and this morning, in the wee hours, turned it into a birthday tree for her.
She was thrilled. The tree also had origami cranes with birthday wishes on their insides, she opened them before I could get a picture. We might have to do this every year. It was quite magical. Maybe next time we can dispense with the massive amount of snow.
Needless to say there is no team Blue Moon here today. I’ll keep you posted about tomorrow.
It has stopped snowing…for now.
