Aside from a brief lull Tuesday--which was good timing, since it was our 15th anniversary and we were able to go out--we've been basically snowed in all week. And today: the ice.

A couple of examples:


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Rainy, bleak Monday in January. Headache because I didn't sleep well, and (probably) because of the weather ( Read more... )

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It shouldn't be surprising, but it's still annoying. After Snowpocalypse melts away, we're left with tons of water everywhere. Yay, Floodpocalypse. :/

Didn't we just do this last year?

So, now that it's been raining for a while, and has warmed up, I convinced M to try to drive down to the mailbox this afternoon, to see how his car would handle the thick snow/slush mixture we still have coating our hill. He didn't make it all the way down, mostly because there was a huge clot of stuck cars at the bottom of the hill. He almost didn ( Read more... )

Day two of being snowed in. I'd been hoping it was warm enough this afternoon to melt things down a little bit, but it only got up to 33 for an hour or so, which wasn't nearly enough to melt the foot or so that's still in the driveway. I'm guessing the same thing's going to happen tomorrow, and we're expecting a little more on top overnight ( Read more... )

A happy afternoon hour: Sitting out on the back deck with M, munching on very good cheese and crackers and sublime Rainier cherries.

Just slightly too hot and not quite enough shade to be perfect, but damned close.

After SO many months of horrible, cold weather, an absolutely clear sky here is like a religious experience. We normally get at ( Read more... )

4 weeks ago:


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