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The photo below gives you a general idea of the quantity of snow we received, although much of what you see here is wind-blown accumulation, as this was the lee end of the yard during last night's blustery winds:
And there was, of course, considerably less snow in the vicinity of the back entry-way, given the protection of all the trees to the north:
But the south end of the yard, sitting in the lee of last night's winds, received much deeper accumulations (I know -- this is very boring discourse, isn't it?) :
One of the things that always concerns me whenever there's a heavy snow fall is the tendency of my front porch roof to get heavily loaded with snow. It worries me because I don't feel this structure is all that substantial, and fear too heavy a loading might bring about its collapse:
[ And note the interesting, wind-carved cornice on the south-side of the porch roof. This cornice never formed in previous winters -- at least, not since I've lived here: ]
So, naturally, one of the first things I do is clear the front porch roof following a significant snowfall. Leaning out the landing window and pushing it away with a shop broom is all it takes...
... and the porch roof is cleared.
The City of Derby, for reasons unknown to me, always does an incomplete job clearing the sidewalk on the south side of the Hawkins Street bridge, finishing just short of the west terminus, and turning the cleared path right out on to the street, rather than simply clearing about another forty feet to the beginning of my sidewalk. Any pedestrian heading this way (and there are a lot of them) either has to cross the street while still on the bridge, or walk the remaining distance in the road until they can get back on to the sidewalk:
So guess who invariably takes it upon himself to complete the job for the sake of his Hawkins Street neighbors? Yes, you guessed correctly. The completed path is shown below:
This season, I think I will finally write that letter to Derby's department of public works... :-)
7 comments:
Maybe send them a link to this article on your blog with pics and all!!
Yes, Colleen has the right idea!
I tend to forget such irritations quickly too.(old age??) I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. We still have lots of snow on the ground but it's warmed up the past few days and had some light rain. ugh. Hate that. It's much easier to clean snow out of paws than mud! Dear Cousin, if I don't get back to you for awhile, want to wish you the merriest of Christmases! X-C (using the dogsblog 2day)
Oh forgot to ask: Did you make a snow angel?? teehee.
Colleen ~ Every year, I say I am going to; every year, I forget as soon as the shoveling is over!
Cassie ~ Totally agree with you; I hate it when snow is followed by rain and you're dealing with slush and mud. And, yes, I was going to make a few snow angels, but wasted too much time with my tongue stuck to the steel railing on the bridge. Figured I looked foolish enough and didn't need to do anything more!
And a Merry Christmas to both of you!
It's official. You live on Hoth.
Thanks, Beth! Actually, the snow's not quite that bad. And besides, I have my Tauntaun to keep me alive! :-)
Dear John,
What have you been up to? Was forced to reread your old posts. haha. Got a kick out of the fact that you used the boating term lee in this post.
Hope all is well with you and the family. x-c
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