Monday, February 11, 2013

When Winter Storms

Friday, we anticipated.

the storm so far - we're in the blizzard warning zone and the conditions are expected to worsen towards evening. It's raw out there. #maine #oldorchardbeach #weatherreport #Nemo

my neighbor Moira and her dog Rib-Eye on what is probably their third morning walk #maine #nemo

six inches #maine #oldorchardbeach #nemo

the wind is up #nemo #weatherreport #oldorchardbeach #maine

it will be interesting to see this same spot in our garden in the morning #nemo #weatherreport #oldorchardbeach

snowed in #nemo #weatherreport #oldorchardbeach #maine #midnight

strong wind gusts, drifting snow, and we can hear the roiling surf #nemo #oldorchardbeach #maine #weatherreport

Saturday, we dug out.

5am - whiteout #nemo #weatherreport #oldorchardbeach #maine

the garden is buried in snow #nemo #oldorchardbeach #maine #weatherreport

well, this is a very interesting situation #nemo #oldorchardbeach #maine

the snow shovel team

tunnel

difficult to capture just how deep this is

used to be a bird bath there

path to our back door

luckily, we have no plans to go out

my husband is 6 feet 2-inches - attempting to shovel out the van #nemo #oldorchardbeach #maine

Sunday sparkled.

brilliant February day

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We got nearly 28-inches of snow during Nemo. We spent Friday and Saturday at home, waiting out the storm and most of Saturday, digging out. Sunday, we drove up to the farmstead to visit Papa and do some more cleaning. The pond was frozen and covered in tracks and ice shacks. Absolutely everything shined brilliant white and blue. I felt very grateful that my family was safe and sound and that we (and our old homes) had all weathered the storm well. I think, perhaps, my family has weathered all our storms well. Winter will last just a handful of weeks more. For now, with views like that out the farmhouse window, I'm perfectly alright with winter acting like winter.

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