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fitzwYes, snow. I've seen posts from friends near the coast who got a lot of snow, I've seen posts from friends down in the valley who only got about 3 inches or less.
It's hard to tell how much snow we got, due to drifting. The stairs were covered in snow. Right in front of the house, at the bottom of those stairs, the wind blew everything away: it's bare ground. Two feet away, it's two feet deep. There are patches like that all over.
The tractor wouldn't start first thing, so plugged in the block warmer to heat the engine, and went looking for a snow shovel. Strange how the snow shovels had all disappeared, but I did finally find one. Checked in on the chickens when I was on that level of the barn, fed them oats, checked the level of the water in the feeders.
Cleared the stairs and shoveled around the mailbox. About that time, my brother R showed up (he needed to pick up something from the workshop), and since he had a plow on the front of his truck, he plowed the driveway enough that emergency vehicles could get in if they needed to. He was surprised that the tractor wouldn't start, since it started right up for him when he was checking it out on Saturday, but there you go. About the time that he was leaving, I was finally able to get the tractor started so that I could continue with the plowing. Plowed for about an hour, and then took a break (which I'm in the middle of). Will probably wait until the wind dies down before I go back out to plow; right now the wind is a constant roar.
It's hard to tell how much snow we got, due to drifting. The stairs were covered in snow. Right in front of the house, at the bottom of those stairs, the wind blew everything away: it's bare ground. Two feet away, it's two feet deep. There are patches like that all over.
The tractor wouldn't start first thing, so plugged in the block warmer to heat the engine, and went looking for a snow shovel. Strange how the snow shovels had all disappeared, but I did finally find one. Checked in on the chickens when I was on that level of the barn, fed them oats, checked the level of the water in the feeders.
Cleared the stairs and shoveled around the mailbox. About that time, my brother R showed up (he needed to pick up something from the workshop), and since he had a plow on the front of his truck, he plowed the driveway enough that emergency vehicles could get in if they needed to. He was surprised that the tractor wouldn't start, since it started right up for him when he was checking it out on Saturday, but there you go. About the time that he was leaving, I was finally able to get the tractor started so that I could continue with the plowing. Plowed for about an hour, and then took a break (which I'm in the middle of). Will probably wait until the wind dies down before I go back out to plow; right now the wind is a constant roar.
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Date: 2010-12-27 05:24 pm (UTC)