Snow started
about 24 hours ago with wind gust up to forty mph. I dug out just before dark last night; again
at seven this morning and it is still snowing at 4 p.m. So far we have received about 24 inches. I will
wait until tomorrow morning and dig out again.
I have a
hundred-foot +/- U-shaped drive and it
took me about three hours this morning with a snow blower and shovel to clear
it. As fast as I was removing the snow
the wind would fill back in behind me and the young man that plows our road
would pack the mouth of the drive.
I just went
back out a few minutes ago and had to dig out the vents to my two heaters. There is nearly a foot of snow to be moved
again.
Here are two
pictures from my back window and a picture of the back of my house without
snow. As you can see the snow has
reached my windows and it is still snowing.
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| those views are from the window on the left. Snow half way up the first pane. |
Also a
couple of pix from my front kitchen window; before and after. Much of this snow has piled up from sliding off my metal
roof; but I am a tall man and the snow pack is up to my crotch – not including
the depths of the drifts.
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| viewed from the right window. Creeping up the window. |
I have said
that I love the winter and I love the snow, but I could use a few days’ break. We have another storm coming in on Wednesday
and Thursday.
I need to
haul wood tomorrow from my backyard woodshed to my wood storage structure at my
back steps, I also need to rake snow from may shed roofs. It will have to be done on
snowshoes.
It is all a
part of living in rural Maine.
