Mother Nature can take a hike, if she can find her snowshoes

I see it's been a week and a half since I updated here. I guess I'll just have to post some pictures then.

One week ago today, Tuesday, it rained really hard and almost every bit of snow was gone. Overnight, as the temperatures dropped, the rain turned to a thick coating of ice on the roads. Then very dry snow came down and was constantly being moved by winds up to 50 mph.

For some reason I thought driving 30 miles to work on Wednesday morning was a good idea. I leave the house at 6 am and it's like night out. The dark, combined with total white-outs, on top of the ice, made my drive a living hell. How I made it without an accident or going in the ditch is something for which I should thank my lucky stars.

Anyway, I decide to snap a few pics after I got home. You can kind of see how the snow drifted. Some places it's still bare and in some it was up to my knees.

You can see my boot prints in the path I dug out for myself. Oh, and the garage that needs a paint job. :-)


Check out how it stuck on the fence and chairs, but it's right down to the bricks below.


I would've liked a better angle on this shot, but I was too chicken to crouch down in the snow. That drift was up to my knees.


Just another angle from the safety and warmth of my living room.


The storm even tried to coat my door. :-)


We had rain yesterday, taking the snow down some, but not all the way. Now they're talking big snow for tomorrow again. Can we just skip weather on Wednesdays???

See y'all

We're leaving to head over to Boston first thing tomorrow morning. It will be the first time I've seen my aunt and uncle since my mom's funeral. We're all really looking forward to it.

We may be gone all week, maybe not. I hate it when there's too much structure in a vacation. But we might not have internet.

In case I'm not around, I wanted to wish a Happy Mothers Day to all of you wonderful women out there with children, who have helped raise children, who have loved children. I hope it's a wonderful day for you.

I'm going to leave you with a close-up of a tulip from my yard. You didn't think you were gonna get away without a picture here, did you?
:-D