Snow!

We woke up to lots and lots of snow this morning. Considering we haven't had much up until now, and were virtually snow-free until January 23rd, I guess one could say we were past due.

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From our front window...


The driveway and car (well...the parts that didn't covered)



Larry on his way back down the driveway.....


Action shot! LOL ...





Making another run up the driveway...


Our neighbour's house



Again.....



And again....



Trees beside our house....


Still at it!



Shed at the back...


From the back our house (and yes...there is an ocean there, just beyond the trees)



How long 'til Spring???

Snowfall and Sunrises....North Atlantic pics...

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Our back yard .... after a fresh snowfall


A bit to the north



Same location...next day. Notice the difference in amount of snow covering. Snow seems to come and go quickly here. Also...do you see the light fixture which appears to be hanging in the sky? Cool, eh?






Early morning view of what we see as we wake up (depending of course on the time of year....winter time...this happens fairly late)



Almost over the top.....


This morning. Snow is almost completely gone now...hoping it stays that way...but not holding my breath ;)

I will take it!

I am just not a snow person...not at all. I'd be more than happy if we never received another flake. Not ever.

Here is what's left of our snow. With all the rain and mild temps....the 40 cms we received last month....HAS ALL BUT GONE!! YAHOO!!!!

Here is what's left.....



Ohh...I found another patch.....(this size...I can handle ;))


None here...


None at the park (that's a mud puddle in the middle of the road)



Our front yard...none (those are white stones in the garden)



Looking down our driveway



I'm enjoying it while I can....they're calling for 15 - 20 cms (6 - 8 inches) on Saturday. I'm hoping it won't stay for long (and if it does...I'm sending it to Becky).

Ahhh....It Has Arrived!

Winter...that is.

Yesterday (Sunday) we had our first snow storm of the year....and it was a doozy! The winds were high...100 km/h (60 mph) and according to the news tonight, we had 39 cms (16 inches) of the white stuff. Seeing as it's fairly early in the season for such a storm....I hope it's not a sign of things to come.

Time will tell...

Here are some pics I took over the course of yesterday and today. (Click them to enlarge)

The calm before the storm...so to speak. Taken yesterday from our back deck before the storm started.








Ahhh...it has arrived. Taken a couple of hours later...around noon I believe...

These next couple are taken from the same vantage point as the first two pics. Hmmm...where has the ocean gone? It's still there....it just can't be seen for all the blowing snow and cloud.



Can you see the ocean in this one? Same deal as the previous one....it's there somewhere...we can certainly hear it!




Still comin' ....around 4:00 in the afternoon.....



The wind blew all evening and it continued to snow.

This is what it looked like when I opened the back door this morning....




A closer look....






Out front (I couldn't get the front door opened over the snow) Click the picture to enlarge it and notice the snow in the trees toward the back and on top of our shrubs in the front.



Closer up of the shrubs



Jake and I decided to take a walk. Standing in front of our house looking up the driveway toward the road.



Standing at the other end of the driveway, looking down toward our house. We have a long driveway...about 200 feet....which makes for a lot of snow to blow out. Thankfully, that wind took care of some of it....but still a lot to move.

Oh my.....

Welcome to spring!?!???

We had been enjoying really warm weather here.

It had been a beautiful spring

...up until today that is.

Oh my....

Welcome to Spring!

This is the view out of our front window on the first day of Spring. Notice how all the snow (all but one little patch) has gone.







And.....



This is the same view out of our front window on the second day of Spring. Our friend showed up with his blade equipped quad and cleaned out our driveway.




Jake helping to shovel snow off of the front sidewalk. Yes....there is a sidewalk underneath there.




.....Sigh....


Somebody please inform the weatherman that it is now Spring!