12-18in of snow---whoo hooo | Arthritis Information

The snow has begun. This is a huge amount for this area. Today was the last day of school. It was supposed to be a full day, but we got out 2hrs early. Needless to say, the kids were CRAZY! Nathan is very excited. He has already planned all the fun for the next few days. Since I am having surgery on the 23rd, I am going to give him the presents from me tomorrow. He doesn't know, it will be a surprise This way, I will get to take pictures of him opening presents for Christmas. He'll be staying with my parents over the holiday and Santa will find him there. So, early Christmas and snow---what more can you want?A picture would be well received.
Enjoy Xmas and hope the surgery goes well.
We were the opening shot on the NBC news. Go Roanoke!Meanwhile it was 73 this afternoon. Santa and reindeer are in the harbor on boats and sufboards. Depressing. Shouldn't be this way.Sam12342009-12-18 17:48:37My friend near DC left yesterday afternoon for a couple weeks in LA and FL. They weren't able to outrun the storm, and never got out of Virginia! The highways were closing as they went along so they finally found a hotel, thank goodness. Us Michiganders are used to a lot of snow, but I doubt you southern folks have enough plows to clear the highways.
Rebecca, good luck with your surgery. I know everything else would be a little easier to bear if that jaw would get fixed. Will send a good thought your way, couldn't hurt.

It's snowing here in Baltimore. We have a blizzard warning issued for our area. They are calling for possibility of 2 feet or more. Looks beautiful outside.

Checking in from Brooklyn, NY to say THE SNOW ARRIVED AT 1:23 and Wooo Hooo is an understatement. Our schools dont close unless its at least 2 ft and totally impassable, which the Mayor likes to prove is never a issue...so Snow Days have been almost non-existent in the last years. But parents with hearts and folks like me who crackle even more inbetween the fluffy drifts, keep their kids home (altho my cats insisted yesterday they want their snow suits on to build a snow man...we'll see).

I dont know why I love snow, love rain as well-should be loving dry heat, but dry heat is wearing on the soul, tiring. Snow is silent and in the silence you can hear everything that gets crowded out by the modern world of unremitting noise. In fact when I woke this morning, I knew snow was coming because of the silence...does anyone know what the heck I'm talking about?? There is a quiet that comes before snow and it isnt from bitter cold, its like the universe preparing itself to be swathed and blanketed...just beautiful.

Maybe this is why as kids we loved Lion Witch and the Wardrobe before critics started deconstructing it as a religious allegory....the Snow Queen, the frozen world of white...time to bake something and find that tin of cocoa, m y fingers are getting stiff.

Just got done helping to dig a path for the neighbor to get out of our driveway (we share a driveway with the two-flat next door). Not a whole lot of snow here in the Chi-town 'burbs so far, but enough to cause a whole bunch of tire spinning! We have snow too in our town and it never snows here this time of the year and never this amount

Here are some photos we took yesterday driving around

(sorry if the turn out large)

The church yard

The lake

Our neighbourhood

The park

Out for a drive, taken from the car

Great shots Pin What WONDERFUL shots, Mrs. Pincushion. That last one, especially.

I woke up this AM with a phone call from the nursery in Connecticut that handles all my flower orders for my mom's grave. They were calling to tell me they were expecting so much snow that they wanted to know if I wanted to put my order in a few days earlier. Not sure if that meant that they would run out today and put the flowers there [in which case the snow would cover it] or if they expected all the phone lines to go down during the snowstorm. Either way, excellent service from them. Sounds like they were planning on bundling up in front of the fireplace.

Meanwhile all I've got is Santa on a surfboard.

I'm glad you're jubilant about the snow because I'm not. Here in Nevada it snowed about 15 inches last Monday and it's still on the ground. The temp. this morning was an outstanding 10 degrees. It's been foggy the last 3 days and the fog freezes on anything that doesn't move and crystalizes. It's absolutely beautiful and is a wonderland but it's dreary, cold, foggy and my bones are cold.

"Meanwhile all I've got is Santa on a surfboard." Ya know Sam you could have gone all day without mentioning that.............you're a mean person, cruel person with no empathy for us sledding, building snowmen, ice skating and skiing!!!! Go for it. I deserve it. Just go outside and find a tree and pretend it's me and let'er rip!

Sam12342009-12-19 22:46:38The 'boys' did their best and clumped this snowman together after sneaking my scarf, hat and grabbing lumps of coal from our little coal burning stove-since we now have a coal shortage, there's no hot cocoa for them!, HA!

Shortie ran from window sill to window sill this morning, pawing at the screens to get at the snow. I relented and while holding him opened one window to bring in a small pile to cool his curiosity. I guess he thought because it was white, it was cream of some kind and tried a cautious lick and then played with it...there's not much tactile or other satisfaction with getting your toes frozen and having your tummy empty.

So he ran to try the snow in the living room window, that pile didnt provide much more fun than the first. That left the kitchen window where Mom spends alot of time muddling around. I grated some stale bread and we opened the screen to toss out crumbs for the frozen birdies, so he is now standing guard waiting...our family of squirrels must be tucked together in the rain pipe on the neighbors house because we usually wake up to their cattering and arguements...some people dont care who hears them, really !

oh Boy RA or not I had to help DH with some of the load out there. I'm pacing myself, shoveled a path to the front gardens so I could walk with light shovels full of snow and dump them there - there's no place to put it! Let's see if I can figure attaching a picture.

nice photos Pincushion!

oh well "insert image" won't work for me, will try later.

Green~Tara2009-12-20 09:05:33

Green~Tara2011-04-18 10:02:00beautiful pictures...you have sooo much snow there...wowGuys--I live in upstate NY and so far for the season--we have had 19 inches of snow. Luckly--this storm missed us. Hang in there--it will melt! Stay warm. Drive carfefully. Nice pictures Pin and Tara. By this time of year it is nothing to have 5 feet or more of snow. It snowed for 2 days straight last week but it warmed up and it is now raining so I do not think we will have a white Christmas.....bummer.I want some snow!! It was EIGHTY!! Tara and Pin, great photos and I gazed on them to help cool me down - way Down Under we are having a hot summer with humidity in my area because of s torms brewing. But I think I'd prefer that than to try shovelling myself out of the house lol!

Lorraine