Six o’clock and time to start digging. The snow in front of the boot scraper is deeper than it seems as there’s a step down down the ground under the scraper, which is itself an inch high. The shallowest area is now 23 inches/58cm deep in snow. read more…
Just taking a breather from snow shovelling and doing the chores.
The weather is definitely moving into the seriously wintry.
It’s -9.2C, there’s a strong wind, and nasty, sharp snow is falling in large amounts. read more…
A night made hoary with the swarm
And whirl-dance of the blinding storm,
As zigzag, wavering to and fro,
Crossed and recrossed the wingëd snow:
–From Snow-Bound, by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1866
Don’t go in the woods, there be feral folk out there! When the boys finally ventured outside this morning, they found the Snowbeast was prowling the croft…
