Linus
Problem was Linus didn't know when to stop.
It went on until Monday morning.
This is a photo of our 6 ft tall back fence. The snow has drifted nearly to the top and was still coming down.
It was a blizzard. High winds blew the stuff into your face, if you were daft enough to go outside.
I explained to Donna it reminded me of one of those old films set at the north pole or somewhere, when you see the people huddled in a hut as the wind and snow rage outside. Then someone opens a door and it all blows in. That's how it was.
Merv was in and out like a fiddler's elbow.
There is no point trying to clear snow from pavements and paths when it is coming down like this and is set to continue for 36 hours.
As fast as you clear it, it is back.
Merv doesn't get that though. He was snowblowing and shovelling all day. We gave up counting after we had seen him out there 5 times.
They wanted to get the worst of it shifted before the morning.
As you can see, it was still snowing hard.
Philip's company and many others were closed on Monday. Schools were closed too. This doesn't happen very often here, surprisingly. The roads took a long time to clear. Our road still hasn't been cleared. The snowplough has been through a couple of times but there has been no salting etc. They have to see to the main roads first.
Our poor little snowman is almost buried. It looks like he is calling for help now.
Alan did dig me a path so that I can fill up the birdie feeder. It came up almost to my hips there so it would have been slightly awkward trying to reach it.
This one is looking out of the front door. You can barely see the road. You can see plenty of squirrel footprints though.
The back fence again. Just amazing. The snow was very fine, powder snow. This makes the accumulation seem even more incredible. It was so fine that it came through the window screens and was on the glass.
But you can always find some fun it in. I looked out of the window on Monday afternoon and caught Philip and Alan having a snow shovel fight as they were clearing it yet again. It is here if you want to take a look. Philip was rubbish at snow shovel fighting but he blames his bent shovel.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153559771213032&pnref=story
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Oh and we have more snow coming this afternoon and evening.....that's nice.
posted by Sue Banks @ 9:09 AM
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