Blizzard! I was shoveling snow before dawn and there was thunder and lightning. I’ve always like writing snow scenes (NERVE DAMAGE has a few) and there are some in the Chet and Bernie series, too. Here, from UP ON THE WOOF TOP:
I gazed down. What I saw were snowflakes, falling in little streams and swirls. Wow. Seeing them from above instead of below – going down, not coming down, if you’re with me, and I won’t blame you if you’re not – was so different! What a strange place this valley was! Why were we here, again?
Les Neiges D’Antan
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Greetings!
Snowpocalypse! I haven’t been out yet, but lots of snow in this neck of the woods, and still snowing.
Everyone in the path of this blizzard, be safe!
Good day to all!
Well, we did dodge a snow bullet here; all we got is about 5 inches of wet, heavy snow, but that is a lot better than what hit Wose and Peter. The high today will be 38, which means some decent melting too is beginning right away, much better than with the snow/ice storm three weeks ago.
One of the consequences of the two big snow storms this winter is that we are watching a bit more television that normal these days, and one of the series we are now watching is the second All Creatures Great and Small. We were big fans of the original series, so it took a bit of time to warm to the new set of performers and the variation in the background plot. Now that we have gotten into it though, we are enjoying the second version as much as the first. Also, one of the things that is most notable the second time around is that not only Debbie and I are really enjoying the show, but that the third family member seems to be totally mesmerized by the show as well, playing very close attention to all the animals appearing in the show whenever it is on. He is truly captivated by it and is as big a fan as we are.
Snow and thunder and lightning. Cool! Well for a day or so. Any longer and maybe not cool.
I love to shovel in the darkness of early morning but health problems won’t allow it this season of record snow levels.
It’s a week to hunker down.
ML: I enjoy you posting about all the non-winter activities you are getting up to. All winter, all the time gets old.
Snow has stopped in this neck of the woods.
WTAFP: Wish I could see Franklin watching the show with you! :^)
WTAFP! Mom and I have been watching this version of All Creatures since it started 6(?) years ago. Because we didn’t watch the previous version, there was no adjustment, just enjoyment.
You are watching from the beginning, right?
I am also trying to absorb Dawson’s statement “I love to shovel snow in the darkness in the early morning.”
Les Neiges D’Antan – The Snows of Yesteryear.
Google translate.
I am horrible at French.
And just for you, Dawson.
It has been mild and sunny the past few days after our rain. (Not as much rain as promised.)
I have finished pruning all of the fruit trees: Red Baron Peach, Royal Blenheim apricot and two Kay apricots. The plum and persimmon are too small and spindly to prune but I might just tip them a bit to encourage side growth. No pruning of citrus and I haven’t pruned the apple trees because the columnars don’t need it and the pippin doesn’t seem to need it this year either.
I mounted the staghorn fern I got from my parent’s house a few months ago on a board with sphagnum moss and it’s hanging in the shade of the south fence under the neighbor’s second story of their garage. Some ambient light but no direct sun. It should do well there.
The replacement Scarlet Sentinel columnar apple tree is supposed to arrive tomorrow. Hoping the ground is still soft enough to dig. It was supposed to arrive last week when the ground was still damp from the rains. I have two other bare roots soaking in a bucket ready to pot up tomorrow: Whitney crabapple and Morepark apricot. Yes, I like apricots.
The Katy apricot and Red Baron peach have an okay number of spurs for blossoms and fruit this year. The Katy in the back finally has some spurs that should have blossoms and fruit this year. If it doesn’t bear fruit, I’ll be taking it out and putting something else there. The Royal Blenheim got blossoms early so I was only able to prune half of it, but it looks like if the most of the blossoms bear fruit and the fruit doesn’t drop I’ll have more than the dozen I got last year so yay.
The Meyer Lemon is a real keeper. It’s got ripe lemons, green lemons and blooms again. Looks like it gets blooms and fruit year round so very happy about that as I like lemons and having a ready supply at home is perfect for me.
Though I wouldn’t wish snowmageddon on anyone, it would be nice if y’all could send some of your bounty out here to Idaho. It got up to 60 degrees yesterday! And today it is finally raining for the first time in ages. Remember, this is a ski state in the Rockies! Borders Canada! Our snowpack is dismal. We will suffer this summer when our high desert canals drain the reservoirs dry! Bernie gets it. 🙁
Reba: Would love to send snow if I only could. You are right, however, about the rain situation and as Bernie himself might say, the aquifer is king. And Chet would drink to that.
USPS has flat rate boxes.
Rebecca: Annoying as seemingly never-ending snow can be, after the town being evacuated from wild fires a couple years back, every snowfall is appreciated. All will help reverse the drought we have been experiencing the last few years.