We never see this. Well, almost never. We can have years in between seeing a blanket of snow, so we savor it. Strange, I know. But the kids have dug through drawers to find gloves they never need and find boots that won’t soak up water in a second to go play in the snow. Mind you, the “kids” are 11, 16, and 20—plus my dear daughter, whose age I won’t mention.
Other than ensuring our many animals (goats, horse, geese, and chickens) are all safe and have food and shelter, they are in play mode. Mom (my dd) made two big pots of soup yesterday for us to nosh on whenever we get hungry—taco soup and tortilla soup. What is the difference? Oh, big difference the way she makes them. One has beans and beef the other is purely veg and spice. They had a karaoke night last night in the living room—always hilarious. We all nap when we want (me, more than the others).
So far, no power outages other than yesterday morning’s inexplicable loss. The temperature will warm up above freezing tonight, but not long enough to melt everything. So, tomorrow, we expect a lot of ice on the roads and patches of snow. We’ll be stuck inside another day, which I love, but which may be kind of confining to the kids since one day of snow is fun, two is boring, right?
Anyway, strange day. Terrible fires in LA, a president-elect sort of held accountable for his crimes, continued weirdness about which countries we’re going to annex/conquer because we can… I’m happy to turn off the news, enjoy the winter wonderland outside, and simply be happy I’m here to see another snow fall.
I hope you are all safe and cozy in your homes.
For fun, I’m including a memory game for you to play! Exercise that gray matter! It’ll help you keep sharp, promise. I’m using the images from my OG bounty hunter series set in Bear Lodge, MT—Montana Bounty Hunters.
Enjoy the game. For a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card, tell me what you see when you look outside. Do you have snow on the ground? Is it raining, sunny? Do you have big plans for the weekend? Have fun!
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Your snow pic looks magical! I love this kind of snow. Deep, packable into the perfect snow ball or snow man, and short lived.
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I was not happy that Bismarck was going to get snow when I am in Springdale. But we got several inches. So I am very happy.
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I see melting snow. It’s a gorgeous day. I am planning to stay home to cook and clean to make next week easier.
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I see cloudy skies. Snow on the way. Half snow half grass. And very cold.
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It is sunny but cold. No snow
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our inch of snow from last week as mostly melted away tho it’s quite cold – need to find some thicker gloves. When I was a kid (before there were good snow boots available and you wore your shoes in the boots) my Mom made me wear plastic bags over my shoes inside the boots so my shoes wouldn’t be ruined (shoes were made out of leather & didn’t do well in water)
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I have that white stuff falling from the sky. It is reported that it will last all night. I am hunkered down nice and cozy and plan to stay that way through the weekend.
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Snow in Northern Va more than we’ve had in a few years. And more to come supposedly. Glad I got errands done today. Will see what the weekend brings. Otherwise I’ll just stayed in and read.
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We got 6 inches last weekend, and last night we got another inch of snow, I’ve been off the past 3 nights from work and tomorrow night starts my 4 nights in a row again of 12 hour night shifts, stay safe and warm everyone, hugs and prayers to you Delilah Devlin, and I hope the kids have another day of enjoyment in the snow ❄️ tomorrow
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We are experiencing summer storms. So outside is VERY wet.