Let it Snow - for three days and what do you get? A helluva lot of
snow. And don't think for a minute that Maryland is a northern state.
The Governor has closed the state's highways, the Metro is not running and the
Federal Government is already announced it is closed Tuesday. Forget Code
Orange - it's Code White! Click on photos for bigger image.
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17" on the lawn, but deeper drifts |
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Out on the front lawn, the tape measure goes down 17". The wind has pushed-up some drifts, especially in the back yard. The first two days, the snow was light and fluffy, but last night's sleet gave it all a hard coating and extra weight to push the loft down. |
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A view up Belleview Avenue |
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Numerous passes by a plow - can't you tell? We have to drive up this street to get to our driveway. |
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Ice at front door |
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The light was hot enough to melt the snow, but it was cold outside! |
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Our Hero |
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Neighbor Aaron with our favorite tool - Bubba the snowblower. He cleared the sidewalks along Forest Road. Too bad we didn't have Bubba for the driveway. |
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Bubba's Legacy |
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A Start to cleaning the front walk. Bubba the snowblower cleared a path so we could reach the front walk. Had to make a path for the mailman - but no mail tomorrow the government is closed. |
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Big Ed |
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Bubba could not handle the mound of snow at the corner left by the street plow, so Ed had to cut through and allow a way for pedestrians to keep off the street. |
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Mary Jane tackles the front walk |
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For the fourth time, we clear a path to the front door. If we didn't move snow three times before, it would have been too much to dig. I blame the groundhog. |
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Less than three inches of rain |
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The weatherman said that it was only three inches worth of rain. I don't believe him. The grasses on the corner look nice in the snow, as does the sight of MJ digging. |
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Damage from Last Storm |
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Earlier in the week, we had a mini snow, but it was very heavy and one of the two bushes on the side of the house (along Belleview Ave) fell over. The rootball popped-out from the weight. A shame as it will open the whole side of the yard to the street. |
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The reward of hard work |
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See the snow piled-up on the right? There was so much snow on the car, the weight had the tires touching the top of the wheel well. |
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The Day After - More Snow |
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Tuesday we awoke to more flurries! MJ headed right out to clean the back walk. It became a zen mission. |
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The Sun Shines! |
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The sun finally came out. The mound of snow beyond MJ is what we had lifted off the driveway for the past 3 days! It is amazing how much snow is out there. We ran out of places to put it. Now they say it may rain. Wait for photos of the Great Flood of 2003. |
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Kiley tries to warm MJ |
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After several hours shovelling snow, the cat tries to warm-up a frozen Mary Jane. |
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Kiley watching us shovel |
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She wants to go outside so bad! The grass is so white. |
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Equal time for Walden |
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Had to at least have one photo of Walden. She's 18-1/2 years old - so she deserves it. |
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