The Day After

The day after the storm...

the sky remained gray and the sun never really came out until sunset. 

Nothing looked "pretty" like it usually does.

I was excited about Monday...you may remember I slept through most of the snow fall on Sunday,

and I missed the early football game.

Moral of the story...check your pills twice before you take them.

The snowblower broke, broke, broke and can only be fixed in a repair shop.

We will have to drive more than an hour to get it fixed and they will have it for 3 weeks.

There was a hardware store nearby that serviced this model, but they went out of business.

I spent a bit of time on Monday, photographing the birds and got a bunch of really good pictures.

At least I thought they were good.

I will share them all another day, maybe Saturday.

The sun came out, just before sunset, we received 7 inches of snow.

We were expecting more.

The snow on the deck formed this pretty pattern, it reminded me of the sand on the beach.

So goodbye Fern...we have "heard" their is another storm coming this Sunday,

but when I asked Google she said no.

All of our night time temperatures are in the single digits...highs during the day are around 20,

this snow is going to be around for a while.

I will have to rob a bank to pay my gas bill!

It's A Winter Wonderland...

 Unless you live on Mars, 

you know all about the snowstorm that impacted much of the country this weekend.

It started snowing around 1 am on Sunday.

 The snow fell constantly throughout the day, the sky was gray all day, the wind a constant.

 It was not the pretty huge snowflakes that stick to every branch of every tree.

The flakes were more like sugar...sugar you can really feel when it hits your face.

Here on my part of the east coast, we got about 8 inches of the white stuff, 

and enjoyed a wonderfully quiet day at home.

These pictures were taken around 10 am, from the second floor of the house.

Front Yard

Mr. Male Cardinal

I spent a good part of the day photographing the birds.

It was snowing and blowing so hard, it was extremely difficult to get photos in focus.

The Junco

The plows came around 9 pm, and dumped a lot of snow at the base of our driveway.

The hubs will use the snowblower tomorrow and help those neighbors that need help.

There is one small caveat to my story....

I took my nighttime pills in the morning by mistake, those pills contain a sleeping pill...

so I missed a good part of the day.

I am hoping for better snow pictures in the morning!