These pics were taken at 1 pm, I'll post more later because it's still snowing!
School is cancelled today, probably tomorrow too.
DH and the neighbor shoveling for the second time so far. Our neighbor was nice enough to help Paul because our driveway is so long.
Hidden in there somewhere is our BBQ grill!
Out the back door
The garden. I'll have to do an 'after' picture in 6 months :)
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It's 3:30 pm and these are the newest photos. It is still snowing heavily.
This is the time lapse shot for the BBQ grill pic above
My turn to snow shovel, I finished the driveway only to find almost 2 inches had fallen since I started shoveling so I shoveled more, then the snow plow went by. DH dug out the end of the driveway after that. The snow is very heavy and wet, I got soaked-
I was originally wearing a coat, I promise - I went back out to show how deep the snow is.
That's the neighbor's mailbox on the left (pic above). Can you see the huge mountain of snow behind that in the far distance? I think our neighbors are planning an awesome sledding hill or a snow cave.
By our measure we have at least two feet of snow, that includes the 5-7" from earlier in the week.
Everything was cancelled today, including DH's work (he tried to work from home but has now thrown in the towel) they declared a state of emergency in our area and asked everyone to stay home. Thankfully we're well stocked with food, have electricity, water and all we need. I hope the same goes for others in the storm. I heard that NJ is dealing with flooding and there are over 1000 people still without electricity from the previous storm 4 days ago.
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It's dark now, but I tried to take a few pics anyway. The wind is picking up so things will look a lot different in the morning. But the snow is trailing off so we're probably at peak measurablity. This will be my last update of the day.
BBQ grill shot again, but I messed up the time lapse because I walked around out there.
This is another shot of the garden, compare to earlier today. You can't even see the wood of the raised bed.
This is a heavy, wet, sticky snow. I tried to throw snowballs at the trees to relieve some of the weight from the branches, but the snow hung on. There is concern for roofs collapsing, a firehouse is already a casualty.
We're stir crazy. Which seems silly but several of us have been stuck in the house for a few days because of illness. And I think it's also the thought of being stuck for a few more days, you know how it goes, you only want out when someone tells you that you can't. School is cancelled tomorrow and the kids have a scheduled day off Friday and Monday, so they're happy about the time off but Mom and Dad are fearing for everyone's sanity. And we've only got two eggs left, but plenty o' PB&J.
All of this does let DH off the hook for Valentines day ;)
Rain Check? Or should I say snow check?