I got really close again. As a footnote I helped out at BGR's house on Monday when they had a day care problem. When I arrived there were no footprints on the sidewalk leading away from the house. There were bicycle tire tracks. Bicycling seemed theoretically possible, at least for the young and strong.
By Friday it looked really good even for me, the only problem was that it was raining and I do not ride in the rain. A glance out our back door reveals a clear deck, a bare picnic table and grass.
The front view shows bare driveway and street, a completely bare grass field and only a relatively small pile of snowplow residue snow.
This is Saturday during pretty much full on blizzard. The school building across the field is only vaguely apparent.
By Saturday evening this is the picnic table.
Sunday morning.
In front the municipal plow has done its work and we are marooned.
Since then the snow blower has been run and we can reach the street. However, it is still snowing and the street that we can reach is rapidly returning to impassable.
The wind conditions are creating an overhang on the leeward side of the house. A big chunk fell off just now leaving our deck looking like this.
It is still snowing.
I haven't seen any official totals since much earlier today but we were within a couple of inches of an all time record storm for the month of April even then. The snow has occasionally lessened but right now it is snowing pretty hard.
No bicycling today.
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Well, I stopped checking for a while (got tired of the Norah-in-the-bath-tub shot although I really love it), but I got rewarded by checking today and reading about/seeing the progression of our definitely non-biking weather. Just when it seemed to be getting better it got amazingly worse. Today is unbelievable and the pictures prove it.
Great April posts, GZ. I will be more vigilant. I do hope that biking will break out in the near future. It IS April.
Stay tuned tomorrow for an updated photo of the slide she'd been enjoying this week.
If this is April....
We had a freezing rain event here, that covered OSLO's car with a couple of inches of ice (she spent the night Saturday to help with her Dad). It warmed up enough for TJ to help her clear the ice from her car. TJ parked his car in our extra spot in the garage, so his car was fine. We picked up pizza for Sunday supper for two reasons -- to check the conditions of the roads, and because Papa John's was not delivering due to the weather. A couple of hours above freezing and aggressive road treatment and plowing allowed them to leave by evening. All in all, a much smaller weather event than yours. I do hate ice, though.
Great photos, I'm glad you documented this.
Bicycling is not a reliable form of exercise here, sadly.
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