Snowtography

[dawn_felagund]

Last night we got quite a dumping of snow. There was about a foot (30 cm) piled up on the patio chairs this morning, although it's impossible to tell what of that was new and what was old--but most of it was new. The snow was also powder, that elusive substance so beloved by skiers and snowboarders

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[heartofoshun]

I gotta run (am getting ready to go to downtown Brooklyn for a sci-fi/fantasy reading event)! Be back to finish reading later! But two snow days and it's not even Christmas yet! Yay!

[dawn_felagund]

The snowfall this year is apparently pretty epic for a December. People who have lived here all their lives are starting their sentences with "I can't remember when ..." Bobby, of course, is giddy--and the area really needs it after last winter's disastrous lack of snowfall and the financial scandals at Jay Peak and Burke.

Hope you enjoy the reading!

[dawn_felagund]

You have our sympathies on the ongoing warm weather! I do not miss that (or Bobby's constant complaining about it. :D) He's already wigging out because we'll be in Maryland for Christmas and the weatherpeople are predicting temps in the 60s.

[pandemonium_213]

Whoa. A foot of powder!? Clearly, it's coooooold in the NEK. We got about an inch or so of heavy wet stuff in Boston, which then melted as the high temps were in the 40s today. The photos from your snowshoeing excursion are beautiful.

I picked up Moby Dick again a few years back as research for forthcoming chapters of The Elendilmir and, forgive the vague pun, was hooked. Melville was beyond my comprehension when I was a teenager (first read it then), but as an adult, I loved it...often LOL funny and I really enjoyed his excursions from the main story. I was inspired to take a field trip to New Bedford a couple of years ago or so to see the whaling museum and some of the locales that inspired Melville. You can still smell a faint whiff of whale oil at the docks in New Bedford; the wood is impregnated with it.

[dawn_felagund]

Jay Peak receives an insane amount of powder. It's considered a hidden gem among ski resorts since eastern resorts are better known for ice than powder! :D Bobby went riding in the backcountry with some fellow instructors over the weekend, hitting waist-deep powder stashes in places. But Jay Peak had received over four feet of snow before this weekend's dumping. I'm sure they're over five feet for the year so far by now.

Our accumulation in Coventry was more modest, but yes, it was cold this weekend! Bobby woke up for his shift on Sunday morning to a temperature of 1F. It warmed up yesterday to just about freezing, but we'd had most of our snowfall by then. And it's generally colder--sometimes much colder--at Jay Peak.

I really enjoyed his excursions from the main story.Some are better than others! I like any that describe the procedures of the work itself. I liked the one about the social structure of whale "schools" (complete with a schoolmaster!). I have to admit that I like less the more naturalism-focused ones and some I flat-

[indy1776]

Those are lovely, Dawn! We're still waiting for our first sticking snow; we had a light flurry of the "look closely, there's flakes falling sporadically" type a few days ago.

[dawn_felagund]

Yes, it seems most of the country is "unnaturally warm" and we're "omg whut well below freezing."

I actually prefer the latter at this time of year--and not only because Bobby complains less! :) If we must have cold, then let's at least have snow!

[shirebound]

A day off, how wonderful! Thanks for taking us snowshoeing with you.

It's funny that you have birch trees there, and we have them here as well (in such a hot, dry place). I love them.

[dawn_felagund]

You're welcome! :)

We had them in Maryland too but they weren't nearly as common as they are here. They're everywhere here. They're stunning trees.