Who’s there?
Old Man Winter, and I thought I’d bring two storms to start the season off right. 🌨❄️⛄️
It’s cold, we’ve got 13″ of snow on the ground, and it’s still coming down. No, I’m not going to mention the ‘name’ of the storm because I think naming every snowstorm is ridiculous, kind of like having four meteorologists cover a snowstorm in NH.
I always wonder who they think is watching a 6 a.m. local news and weather report? Retired folks, and they’ve spent a lifetime understanding how snow falls from the sky and accumulates on hard surfaces. Besides, anyone with a smart phone can check an app and know how many minutes until the next flake falls.
Here are a few shots from yesterday, but right now I need to grab some protein and go out and contribute to round three of the clean up process. While I’m out there, I’ll be hoping there’s no need for round four. Maybe we can drive over it? I’ve got four-wheel drive. ❄️ 
Stay safe, warm, and I hope there no shoveling required where you are. 🙂
I come from “pioneer stock”but we’ve got nothing on you New Englanders.
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Tee-hee! In northern New England, we are used to snow. Anything up to 12 inches doesn’t faze us.
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We try. 🙂
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WOW! But it is beautiful! We had about 4″ and it’s still on the trees – a pretty winter wonderland to look at. Only downer is hubby’s snowblower which sputtered and urped up some unusual looking liquid when he powered up yesterday. So, off to Lowe’s for another one, I guess!
But, again….wow – 13″ with more by the time you read this! I’m glad you don’t need to venture out for work either, and have food and quilting projects well stocked – that’s the only way to survive!
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Thank you for that graphic description of snowblower flu — I needed that laugh!
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Yes, that’s what it sounded like, and I really appreciated the laugh. 🙂
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Well, now, we have something else in common. There we were on round three cleanup, and the belt to the blower came off. A new one had to be acquired and put on, and while that was going on, the large snow blower piles on the ground were turning to ice piles so my job was to chop the piles back to something normal sized. I felt like I was chopping wood, but I am happy to say it has all been cleaned up, and I’m hoping I don’t see snow in the forecast. 🙂
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Snow CHOPPING?? Ick. That’s instant overdoing. I hope you’ve recovered, at least a bit.
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The second storm was wet and heavy. Where the snow blower has blown snow it was probably a couple of feet high and during the time it took to change that belt, it got hard as a rock on top. Truly, I was chopping it up to break it down or I’m thinking it might still be piled up out there unless we hired someone with a blade to move it. Ugly.
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“Ugly” is too nice a word. Sounds like a total nightmare, and I hope your muscles have recovered. I ached just reading about it.
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As I am looking at your pictures all safe and warm(ish) in SoCal, all I see is the beauty of a new snowfall. I’m glad I don’t have to go out in the cold… and really, really happy I don’t have to do any work in it. Please stay as warm as you can and don’t overdo the shoveling.
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Snow is beautiful, just like red leaves in the fall. If only, it didn’t have to be moved. It definitely makes me feel my age and then some. 🙂 Enjoy some nice warm weather for me.
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I see the beauty — especially with those gorgeous berries — but I also feel the muscle pull. That is a LOT of work! No snow here (yet), just darkness and cold rains morphing to sleet, and an occasional biting wind, all previews of things to come. I echo Janis above: try not to overdo. I know: easy to say.
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And, to you friend, I hope your new home comes with snow removal that you can ‘watch’ from inside. 🙂
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My snow removal is a big blue snow shovel. When the snow is too heavy, though, I turn to a high school boy who does a splendid job.
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I would gladly pay a HS guy, but none here interested so tip him well. 🙂
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Oh, absolutely!
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I had to laugh at “Maybe we can drive over it? I’ve got four-wheel drive.” GMTA! 😉
Similar thoughts have me checking the forecast to see if we’re going to see 40s soon. Maybe it’ll melt the last of it? Not this week, but maybe next we might get lucky.
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Melting works for me too. 🙂
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“Dorothy” left us with a lot of Christmas decoration, too!
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🙂
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In central Maine, time to get out Little Green. It’s snowing like crazy. Stay warm and don’t overdo.
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I hope Little Green doesn’t have a heart attack if your snow is like ours. 🙂 At first, it was light, then it was wet, and then it became ice chunks. It was a darn mess. Stay safe.
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Our snow was not like yours! I heard on Maine Public Radio that your area got 23 inches of snow. Holy cats! We only got a few inches of light, fluffy snow. Sorry that you got such a corker of a storm. Nowadays, those who live by the coast seem to get hit the hardest. Used to be the other way around.
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A little west of here, they got 32″. They were buried.
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That’s a lot of snow. We got off easy.
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We only got five inches!!! Ready to head south??????
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After chopping snow, yes, I’m ready to head south. 🙂 And, why is it you live in the mountains and get 5″, and we live on flat land and get 13″? I guess you’re living a good clean life up there. 🙂
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12″ here, and no, I’m not a happy camper! 😡 I loved winter as a child, but that ended with the onset of adulthood. Lol. It is pretty to look at from the warmth and safety of inside. I love my Murphy girl, but I swear I’m going to keep her in Depends so I don’t have to take her out until spring. 😂
I echo the others, don’t overdo it. You want to be fit as a fiddle to go to SC, not crippled with a bad back waiting out the winter sitting on ice packs and popping Aleve in NH.
🐾Ginger 🐾
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Enjoyed the chuckle as I sit with ice packs from not only shoveling but chopping snow ice into manageable pieces for the blower. Who knew shoveling could actually get worse. 🙂 Tell Murphy my next door neighbor never, ever takes her dog out to do her business. She uses some type of set up with puppy pads so she can enjoy the white stuff from inside nice and warm. 🙂
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Ha ha, we were in Boston on Sunday when the first blast came in and left Monday morning just ahead of the second. We were easily intimidated by “Ezekiel” and left a day earlier than planned. Daughter is delayed at the airport trying to get back to Miami today. It was beautiful though and your pictures are much like what we saw along the drive out of Boston. Lovely to look at but couldn’t live in it. Stay warm.
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Well, I’m certainly glad you got out of town and back to warm country before the second blast and hope your daughter gets out as well. It is beautiful, but it loses a lot of its luster as I continue to age. 🙂
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The kids loved it. More time to play in the snow. Their 3:45 flight finally left around 8:00 last night.
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It’s beautiful! I wouldn’t want to shovel the driveway or sidewalk, but it’s just beautiful!
We’ve had 5-6 inches of snow since Friday, but it’s raining now so it’s melting. I wonder how long before He-Man wants a snowblower? He’s sweeping and shoveling and keeping on top of it.
I hope there’s no round 4 and you enjoyed your breakfast!
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I hope you don’t need a snowblower in your future. 🙂
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It looks beautiful Judy… but, it must cramp your style, keeping you inside all the time…the way extreme heat does to us. I agree on the infuriating weather reports … 🙁
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Yes, extreme weather certainly does cramp your style. In the heat, I can usually find a shady spot and enjoy it for a while at least. The cold and snow becomes something different to handle once you move past winter sports. 🙂
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Cold here, but no snow and sunshine today, so I can appreciate your photos from a distance. I admit to wanting snow at Christmas (as always) especially this year as next year we’ll be in Arizona where the odds of snow (where we’ll be) are infinitesimal! Enjoy some delicious coffee/tea/hot chocolate and enjoy the snow…from inside!
janet
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I hope you have a nice inch or two for your last winter Christmas – enough to look lovely but not enough to have to remove. 🙂 I enjoy really good coffee twice a day and truly look forward to it. 🙂
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I don’t know our official snow depth but the drift to the bird feeders was 17″ deep. My radar app says it’ll all be out to sea by 6:30 tonight. Yay!
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Out to sea is where we need it to go so we can rest up for the next one. 🙂
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Depressing thought. WMUR gave us an official total for the first time ever. 17″ yesterday morning but it snowed most of the day. I probably wasn’t far off at 18″ that I measured against my tall boots as I waded toward the bird feeders.
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I hope the winter isn’t too severe for you Judy.
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It’s beautiful but I’m glad I don’t have to shovel any! Stay warm!
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I think this is why so many folks of a certain age group head in your direction every winter. 🙂
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So true! And a lot of them move here!
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Well I feel guilty that we got only 1inch Monday night and it all melted today on sunny Long Island, NY! Maybe we should move back to NH and do our share of digging! I suspect my shoveling muscles have atrophied since we got back here! Take care and keep warm! No chopping ice!
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Enjoy that 1″ and the melting process because I think you did your share and should enjoy the break. I know I will when we head south. 🙂
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Well that is just beeee-uuuu-tiful! We had snow in October and November, but not any so far this month. I am glad you’re ready for winter.
Also, the banner and background, just lovely. I showed that to my family and was surprised to learn that my husband knows what a poinsettia is. The world is fulla wonder 🙂
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Your hubby is full of surprises. 🙂
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Idon’t envy you Round 3, but oh, it makes for beautiful photos.
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It looks so lovely, will you be getting more for Christmas. I’ve always dreamed of travelling overseas for a white christmas.
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We’ve got a little more coming on Friday so I’m thinking we’ll be having a very white Christmas. 🙂
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We like to go up to the Blue Mountains in Winter as the last few years it has snowed and this past winter was a real beauty for snow, the Blue Mountains in NSW celebrates Christmas in July, so in a way we don’t miss out. My husband and I went up there last Winter for a Photography trip and it was cold, I could really only do 10 mins at the most with the camera before running back to the car. You can see some of the images I took on my website if you have time to look.
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Looks so festive for the season! What would we do without snowblowers, though. Goodness. We’re still waiting for our first big snow – was supposed to happen last week but it fizzled. More mud for now. Booo.
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Hmm – mud versus snow. I’ll take mud because all I need is a hose to clean off my shoes. 🙂 Hope you get your snow and a white Christmas. 🙂
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You always seem to get way more snow than we do. I’m perfectly happy with this arrangement 😊
I admit it does look pretty … for a while. A very short while!
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So, let’s review this – you send the cold air down, we get the snow, and you get a lighter amount because it’s all worn out by the time it gets back to you. 🙂 Heck of an arrangement. 🙂
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You have to love that Gulf Stream 😉
… although admittedly it sometimes backfires.
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You may need to start going south for the holidays, Judy. I love the photo with the berries – that says Christmastime to me. I think Old Man Winter set us up for this. A little snow on Sunday, just to make you say “I’m hearty, I got this” and then WHUMP! I hope you got out of this after round three. You need to justify buying four-wheel drive.
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I did get out of another round of cleanup. 🙂 Our part of the driveway is on the north side, and we don’t get sun this time of year. It’s great in the summer, but a little treacherous in the winter. The main part is on the east side, gets sun, and it melts which is a good thing.
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Our front porch, ramp and a big chunk of driveway face north. There’s no letting that melt. I’m glad you’re done with this storm.
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Ugh, that’s too many inches of snow for early December. I never understood the naming of snowstorms either; another example of our capitulation to the economic demands of 24 hr news cycles. Stay warm! – Marty
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From your comment to Mother Nature’s ear – too much too soon. 🙂 I do feel guilty complaining about 13″ because a little further west, and they got 32″. Those poor folks are probably still clearing and moving. When we get too much snow, they have to come in with dump trucks and haul it out.
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Lots of snow but oh so pretty! But I remember the days of cleaning it up! Just like leaves oh so pretty while on the tree… but such a pain to clean up! And we use to drive over it! 😀
While we were in for Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania… we didn’t get anything. I got snow shoes from sweet man and wanted to try them! Darn!
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Well, I wish you could have tried your snowshoes out at least. 🙂
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…me too…
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AND now I know where all the snow went! Wow and so early in the season. Judy you had me laughing – great post, yeah us old folks kind of get the whole thing about snow and where it comes from. I just told my husband about what you posted here and he said, and we are thinking of moving to NH – what is wrong with us!!
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Move right on up, and we can both chuckle at the local weather. 🙂
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It looks so pretty. Here’s it’s scorching heat, fires, smoke and dust. 🙁
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It has been pouring down rain all day today. I wish I could wave a magic wand and send some your way to put those fires out and gives everything some moisture.
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Wouldn’t that be great.
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No shoveling around here! Gosh, winter has really settled in where you are!
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They had 32″ a little west of here. That’s a LOT of shoveling. 🙂
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Sorry you’re having to deal with the aftermath of snow. Hope the cleanup was not too bad. Beautiful photos.
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We had 2 feet then came the rains and I beat feet for Va Beach 🙂 came back to flooding but happy birds 🙂 Have a safe and wonderful holiday.
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