Big Snow Storm

Today is Kristen and my 44th wedding anniversary so, hopefully, the roads will all be passable so we can go out to dinner tonight at he Gardner Ale House.

It snowed all day yesterday and most of last night. This was easily the largest snowfall that we've seen and it was the heavy, wet stuff so it really piled up in the trees. When the leaves are on the trees, we can't see any of our neighbors. This time of year, we can ordinarily see them all. This snow has taken us back to our summertime level of isolation.

I'm not sure how much snow we had. The forecasts varied between 3" and 2'. I get different measurements depending on where I measure but I would guess that it was around a foot. I cleared the driveway just before dark yesterday and then did it again this morning.

We haven't seen many birds at our feeders lately but it was amazing to see how many we had during the storm. I had always thought that the birds headed South for the cold Winter but some species are out there year round and others seem to think that this is South.

The cardinals (my favorite) are here year round.

Got this clip of it snowing last night after the snowplow went by and triggered the motion sensor lights. Vehicles on the road don't normally set them off but the plow will do it every time.

I bundled up and went out to take some pictures outside the house before breakfast this morning:

Looking up Coldbrook Rd. toward town center (Church is on the left).

Across the road in front of the house.

We went for our daily walk after breakfast and took some more pictures:

This is from the Coldbrook Rd. / Barre Rd. corner of our property. The house and trailer are barely visible through the trees. Kristen stuck her hand in at the last second to suggest another shot.

Kristen's suggested shot.

Looking up Barre Rd. along the property line.

Approaching the school on Coldbrook Rd.

Going up Deacon Allen Rd. (the school driveway).

The bandstand on the town commons.

-JC-