Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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!

12 comments:

acorn hollow said...

So sorry about your snow blower frustrating for sure we got 18 inches thankfully it is light and fluffy.
I have shoveled the deck the 2 walkways and roof raked our porch and cleaned off our cars. So I am tired! I heard more snow too I hope not.
Cathy

Linda said...

Love the texture on the deck! I have a small snowblower, but I didn’t even try it on the ice. It probably would’ve broken.

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
We were thankful our neighbor cleared our driveway with his snowblower. I think we had 7 inches of snow and 2-3 inches of ice on top. The pattern on your deck looks cool. I hope we do not have another storm this weekend. Take care, enjoy your day!

Chrissy T said...

Hello!!! Oh no. I am sorry about the snowblower!!! Bummer. That pattern on the deck is so pretty. I am looking forward to the bird pictures.

Lowcarb team member said...

Sorry to read about your snowblower.
The snow on the deck did form a pretty pattern.

Take care.

All the best Jan

Marie Smith said...

We may get another wallop this weekend too. Our snow is here for a while too. Stay warm!

Ann said...

Sorry to hear about the snowblower. Hopefully you won't need it too many more times.
The snow on the deck looks really cool.

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Beautiful photos. ❤️ Sorry 😞 about your snowblower.

The Happy Whisk said...

Oh nnoooooo so sorry for the three week wait. Not fun.

Anonymous said...

Your photography is always amazing…thanks for sharing….brrrrr. That’s too bad about the snow blower, wouldn’t you know it!? Take care, stay warm and cozy.
xo, Virginia

Kay said...

I've never seen any sort of pattern like that on our deck in Illinois. It's beautiful! My daughter says she's exhausted from shoveling so much snow.

Jeanie said...

I'm getting out for the first time today. Love all your photos. I think you got much more snow than we did.