Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Sharing Some Snow

I don't have a lot to say tonight - I've been teaching and practicing and working on this old, tired body this week and that's about all. I have another appointment with my chiropractor tomorrow. I did make a couple of special people some special cards and they both liked them very much. Thank you from the first friend:

 Your card arrived yesterday and WOW is it ever nice/neat/cool !! You did a great job on it, and it couldn't be more appropriate. Thanks

Thank you from the second friend:
I have a feeling you knew how much I needed some attention.....  Well, it worked.  Everything about that beautiful card is perfect; It will be displayed and will serve as a reminder...
Thank you.. thank you. thank you.

I love the feeling of knowing I was able to cheer someone up just with just some paper and glue.

Daughter came for a visit yesterday and the sun came out so I got outside to take a few photos of the snow.

This first one is our street; it's nearly impassable now...note the stop sign - standard height for a stop sign by the way.

 This is normal snowfall...by that I mean it hasn't been blown by a snow blower or pushed up by the plow or front end loader...it's just the natural snow accumulation in our back yard. Notice the neighbors van.


 This again is normal snow accumulation and natural blowing and drifting in our back yard. If you look hard you can barely see the top of the 6' privacy fence and that's the top portion of my clothes line pole.

 While Daughter was here she shoveled off the roof of her car. I wish I had got a picture of it before she had removed it all. There was quite a bit up there!


 I wanted to take a picture of my Daughter in front of this snow bank for a reference point, but she wouldn't hear of it so I had her take my picture. I'm 5' 4" tall.


 I'm wondering what the Little Turquoise House will look like by Saturday? Here is our forecast:


..BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY
THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE BY 
MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

* WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT 
AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND SEVERE BLOWING AND 
DRIFTING SNOW. 

IMPACTS...

* ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS THURSDAY EVENING.

* STRONG WEST WINDS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE 
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. MANY ROADS COULD BECOME 
IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Somewhere I saw accumulation expected to be 8-12". UGH. 

Our son and his girlfriend are coming to visit on Saturday, hopefully the system will be gone by then and they will have safe travels. I'm looking forward to seeing him - I guess it's time to get to know her better...it's sounding serious. 
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  1. UnknownFebruary 20, 2014 at 7:27 AM

    That amount of snow is just unreal to me. Is it that heavy every year? I guess if you live where it does snow that much, you learn to deal with it....goodness. Hope you get to spend some quality time with your son and his friend. Loved the pictures....brrrrrrrrr

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    1. JulieFebruary 21, 2014 at 5:48 PM

      Some learn to deal with it, others of us just continue to hate it. :)

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  2. Terri DFebruary 21, 2014 at 4:02 PM

    Oh my, Julie!! Great photos, but I am so glad it is in your yard and not mine!! (sorry!) I'm sure your cards were a blessing to your two friends, and they showed their gratitude with their thank-you notes! Hope the chiropractor is able to help you!!

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    1. JulieFebruary 21, 2014 at 5:49 PM

      Thank you Terri. I'm feeling a tad better today.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 21, 2014 at 4:38 PM

    Goodness!! It looks like you live in Alaska. I thought we had a lot of snow. That's awful. But I enjoyed your pictures. Good one of you with the snow.
    That storm came through here last night with the strong winds too, but we got rain, thunder and lightning. It's so odd to see lightning when there's still snow on the ground.
    That's so nice how your cards meant so much to your friends. It sounds like they were a blessing to them.
    Hope you have a good time with your son (and "future DIL"?)
    Hope the chiropractor helped you. Take care.

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    1. JulieFebruary 21, 2014 at 5:50 PM

      Yes Carol and it started snowing last night and has been snowing all day. The snow on my back deck is now at 5' in natural depth. We got thundersnow and lightning last night and it was weird! Thank you, Carol, I'm feeling a tad better today - let's hope it continues.

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