But it never ended all day. And after a day of snowing and blowing, snowing and blowing, blowing and snowing, we woke up Sunday morning to see out the windows
And depending on where you stuck the high tech measuring device…
Here and there the wind did some interesting things with the snow, like this little gem that formed only about 4 inches high right next to our patio door..
But the cold (get it?) reality was that the driveway was covered, drifts had to be moved, and so out came the equipment. After an hour or so, some advil, and one snow shovel later, we had:
Attn County Road Commission: We, as well as our neighbors live on a circle with the driveways radiating to the houses on the outer (longer diameter) with a community circle on the inside. Gosh, look at those snow covered streets what will we do? Okay, hooray, here come the snow plows!. But, INVARIABLY, INVARIABLY, they start plowing counterclockwise on the inside of the circle, clearing the inner curb, and shoving the windrow of snow into the middle of the road. That won’t do, so let’s make another pass, and shove that nasty (now larger) pile another few feet to the right. Great! almost done guys, one more pass will do it and clear the road. Ah, that’s great. Well, guess what? All the driveways are now effectively sealed from that clear road by a two to three foot wall of icy, heavy, cubes and chunks of snow. "That's your problem Mr. Homeowner, we're here to serve the public!" Is it not possible to begin outside and work in? I just don’t get it.
Other flakes:
I don’t care about your politics, how you feel about the current administration and its leader, but I hope some of you saw President Obama join the broadcast crew of Vern Lundquist and Clark Kellogg at the Georgetown/Duke game on Sunday. The guy has a great sense of timing and humor, saying he was coming after Clark’s job in three or 7 more years, and when Vern talked about that tape of him missing his left handed shot in practice and asked him “since you’re left handed, do you have any problem going to your right?”. Without a pause, he responded “no, didn’t you see me at the Republican Caucus?”. You can think what you want, but I personally enjoyed that immensely.
And, we did NOT end our weekend by looking at the Grammies. I am only dimly aware of who "Bouncy" or whatever her name is, and can honestly say that i have never heard a complete "song" that she does. and the same goes for that country star with four names "teenage sensation taylor swift". what little i've heard of her efforts are a range of about 5 notes. But then, you all may enjoy them, i don't. Gimme Shelter.
Super bowl only 5 days away! I think the first pre-game show starts tonight!!
This just in: Phil was proclaimed to see his shadow. more to come folks
And I guess for that day, you can
DFF
FOR SALE: A slightly used bottle of Lupini Beans – reasonable offers considered
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