I've just come in from shovelling, which I really enjoy. It's a good opportunity to be outside and feel productive and breathe deeply. I admire the was one teensy weensy little fragile snowflake can, in cooperation of millions of its brethren, can bring a bustling city to a standstill. The persistence of mother nature reminds us that for all our big heavy brains and clever technology, we're still at her mercy. I also spend this time pondering weighty issues :) The snow quality tonight has deteriorated a bit, it's mostly fluffy and too dry for snowmen, but easy to shovel.
We've gotten a load of Weather today--dry flakes of snow, big clumpy 3D snow, wet snow, powdery snow and wind. The snow started when I got to work at 8, and I was all atwitter with glee as I watched the blizzardy winds swirl snow from the rooftops. Finally around 9:30 I couldn't hold back any longer, and took off to do a snow assesment in the back alley, where I made two small snowpeople. It was snowman snow! Perfectly crunchy, sticky, dense, packable snowman snow! I left my two snowy sentinels to guard the door to the stairwell and went about my day. By the time I departed for home, they were up to their little necks in about 5 inches of snow. (these are snowmen 6 and 7 of 10000)
Looking forward to # 8 and beyond, we're expected to get 50 cm by Sunday night!
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We were going to go out with the nephew yesterday in Stratford to make snowmen -- it was perfect snowman snow, after a huge piling-on of snow over the past coupla days ... but it was pouring rain, so we chickened out. Woulda been fun, though!
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