Sunset a few weeks back \o/


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Another 7 to 13 inches of snow headed our way - with the way it's coming down I'm leaning towards the upper estimates. Haven't heard anything official yet, but I rather doubt I'll be able to get to work tomorrow. I brought plenty of urgent work stuff home with me (the spring calendar! I haven't even started it, and registration starts Saturday ( Read more... )

( Nine inches in March, and I am ridiculously, blasphemously, delighted by it (shhhh don't tell anyone) )

Hope everyone has a beautiful and joyous New Year <3  Have a lovely snow crystal from my back porch ^^


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Our main bird person at the park where I work moved to part-time, so I've been doing a lot more direct handling with the education birds recently (which I much prefer to the paperwork end of things - finished the last ghastly-tangle-of-red-tape wildlife permit report and renewal today *heaves sigh of relief* we're good for another year!)  And if ( Read more... )

They're saying10 inches on the news, but I think where I am it's closer to 12 - and it's still coming down like gangbusters! They don't plow the roads in my neighborhood, so I'm effectively trapped until some of the bigger trucks tamp things down a bit and I can get my (massively long) driveway shoveled.

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Warning: Naturalist Nerd Alert

It graupeled!  Last night, little styrofoam-looking pellets of snow, also known as GRAUPEL!  My favorite kind of snow (although not so good if you live in avalanche country), created when regular six-sided snow crystals get coated with supercooled water droplets known as rime.  You can recognize them even when they ( Read more... )