Saturday, February 9, 2019
Hi everyone. Yes I know we’re right in the middle of the October/November camping trip to Sequim (“skwim”). But here at home in February real time it has been snowing and it’s so pretty! I want to take a break from the Sequim story-line and share a few snow photos with you.
Sure, some of you have way more snow than we’re having right now in Tacoma, WA. But this is exciting for us. Maybe we are easily excited. 🙂 Ordinarily, we get 1 inch or maybe 2 inches of snow in any one given year … sometimes we get none, no snow at all.
The weather report called for “snow” overnight. I expected 1-2 inches. When I opened my front door this morning to see whether my truck had any snow on it or not, this is what I found …
Holy smokes, that’s more than an inch or two!
I had lifted the wiper blades off the glass windshield so they wouldn’t freeze onto the glass. Pretty cool how they now looked like a pair of white sails.
And yes, I know that some folks say you should NOT pull your wiper blades off the glass. If it’s windy, then the wind can vibrate the arms enough to damage the splines and/or even break the arm such that the entire assembly hits the windshield and cracks the glass. But there was no wind predicted so I felt safe doing this.
With ruler in hand, I measured 9 inches of snow on top of my recycle bin … and that was with the recycle bin in a protected corner … nine inches!
My home and my VERY white truck. 🙂
The snow on my mailbox reminded me of a old-fashioned hair-do, either women’s hair fashion from the 1950s or maybe a British judge’s wig. To be kind to the person delivering my mail, I did brush the snow off of my mailbox after I took the photo above.
Above … the view down my street.
Above … my snow boot and lower leg on one step through the snow. There was at least an inch of packed snow under my boots after each step. I certainly didn’t need them, but the thought crossed my mind to get out my snowshoes and keep them handy.
Around to the back of the house … this is my back storage shed, and back patio, and large back deck.
The trees above are just a portion of the trees that grow completely along my back fence. You can see the full spread of them in a couple of the photos above. I get to enjoy this view from my dining and living room windows.
The three lots on the far side of that fence are considered “wetlands” or at least “protected” so nothing will ever be built there. If you look really closely, you can see the nearest house behind me. It’s just below the lowest branches and has dark green gables. Yes, the fence needs a little work, but that’s on the list for a warmer day.
They say more snow is coming tomorrow and/or Monday and/or Tuesday. That’s just fine with me. My pantry is fully stocked. I have books and videos galore from the library. And I have snowshoes … let it snow!