The amount of snow we received in such a short amount of time was just amazing. Everyday we went out and attempted to keep our driveway cleared and in doing so built up a big enough pile for my son to sled down on what used to be our front lawn. In some places the snow was so high I could stand on top of it and look onto my roof. Completely amazing! My eyes could almost not believe what they were seeing!
Our town is slowing but surely digging it’s way out of all this snow. We have been getting quite a bit of rain for the last two days now so that has helped out in the snow melting some. My husband cleared a path on our deck the other day as it was completely under snow and it now looks like I have a receding glacier out there!
I went looking through some of my pictures to compare how much snow we got and found two that illustrate it pretty well. Both are of my deck and in them you can see a bird feeder that we have perched on top of a post. Keep in mind when looking at the pictures that this post with the feeder on it stands taller than me.
The below picture was taken two days after Christmas last year. You can see the bird feeder toward the back on the right hand side. The far left is our blackberry bush.
The next picture was taken on Christmas day of this year. Once again the bird feeder is in the back on the right and the blackberry bush is on the left.
There has to be at least five feet of snow out there. By the time it finally stopped on the 26th we could no longer see most of our deck.
I woke up this morning to it snowing heavily again. It has since turned to rain but it sure has me wondering what kind of winter I am in for!
Wow, that is an extreme snowfall! Your backyard is a winter wonderland for sure Cynthia. Hopefully this isn’t a sign of things to come. Glad you had a nice Christmas.
A winter wonderland indeed Racquel! Now we are being hit with a TON of rain. There has been so much snow though that the rain is having a hard time melting it all away! -Cynthia
That’s a whole lot of snow. We didn’t even get that much snow over here, I was wondering why we haven’t seen you much lately. Who’s got time to blog hop when you’re so bust shovelling? LOL.
Hi Cinj, I have been missing the blogging world these past few weeks. The holidays coupled with the crazy weather really have had me busy! I’m hoping things slow down here soon so I can get caught up once again!! -Cynthia
My goodness, I’m used to a lot of snow, but this is A LOT OF SNOW!! Amazing!
Hi Amy, from what I have heard this much snow is VERY unusual for us… thank goodness too!
-Cynthia
The background in that second photo looks beautiful! I just love the white powder on the tree limbs. Cool!
EG
Hi EG,
-Cynthia
I always love the way the snow looks on the trees. Naturally flocked Christmas trees!
Holey moley! You guys beat us by a mile. We were pretty overwhelmed with under a foot here in the city. Five feet? I would have just given up and stayed in until the melt. Then again, I guess if you run out of food or are away from home, you have an incentive to shovel! Glad it’s going away finally, hope you don’t get more before it at least lets you get back to regular life for a while!
Hi Karen,
This much snow completely caught me off guard. I sure do hope this isn’t the beginning of a long winter. Last year we received about 24 inches in late January and I thought that was sooo much snow. Ha! This year has left me speechless! -Cynthia
Your yard looks so pretty with the snow, but I know it doesn’t look so pretty when you are viewing it from behind a shovel. Your garden should get a good watering as it all melts.
It is so pretty at first isn’t it? Thank goodness I have two boys to help with all the shoveling!
-Cynthia
We didn’t get nearly that amount of snow, but we did get over 2′. Sadly the snow melted except where it was piled up so my perennials are getting some nasty freeze/thaws. We are due for a little more snow on New Year’s Eve. I hope that sticks a little longer.
I love your photos. They look so beautiful.
Hi Daphne,
It is interesting how we were both getting dumped with snow around the same time. Reminds me of our tree frogs during the summer…. It snowed briefly Monday morning here and this morning as well (Thursday) but now we are just being hit with a ton of rain. So much so that we are now under a flood watch! What a month it has been! -Cynthia
Oh, it makes my bone ache just to look at it! I’ve already got enough arthritis in the warm climates!
Brenda
It always makes me feel sleepy! Especially the dark gloomy rainy days like we had today!
-Cynthia
Isn’t is so much fun! Ours is now gone and been replaced with muddy puddles and yucky rain! Kim
Hi Kim,
-Cynthia
There is still at least a foot or two out in our yard in places but the rain is trying all it can to do away with it. This morning I woke up to find frozen mud puddles in certain areas of the garden. My poor garden.