Just a Bit

How much snow did we get, you ask? Ho boy.

Never in my life have I moved more snow in one day and remember that where I grew up, we stick spigots in trees.

This was my front door this morning.




I caught the culprit in action. I didn't get a shot of the other machine but it was pretty awesome too.




This is the left side if you're looking out my front door, checkin' out the uber corner there. My study's window looks out that way if I ever had it not shaded. Note the position of the fire hydrant and how far up it the snow goes.



In this shot, you can barely see my mailbox. Don't worry, it gets worse. On the left of my mailbox, you might not notice my driveway. This was before that other gigantic machine pushed a neck high pile into the bottom there.

So, there's your begin pictures. It might look cold out there and it was, just not as cold as it has been. In fact, I spent most of the next five hours clearing without a coat on. Never in my life have I been more happy that I'm covered in a layer of insulative blubber.

Being realtively warm outside had the benefit of making the snow sticky so it tended to stay where I put it. This also means that there's probably not going to be a lot of drifting--an uber good thing for tomorrow. The bad news is that it was wet. Hella wet. That means heavy and I've got the back strain to prove it.

Note the hydrant on the right. Also note that my lazy neighbors couldn't clear their sidewalk (pansies).





Somewhere in there, I have a mailbox. Hopefully I can't get fined for that.