Holy Snow!

We made it through the ice storm a couple weeks ago with minimal power outages,at least on my side of the town/state.  We only lost ours for a few hours and most of Maine was turned back on in 3-5 days.  Some folks in Derry, NH however have been without power for 10 days and may have to wait another 2-3 according to our local news channel.  I guess it’s a good year to be a plumber considering all the pipes that have frozen and cracked by now.  Most folks who don’t have power/heat also won’t find out if they have a crack in their pipes (or where) until it thaws out.  It’s probably also a good year to have a wood stove.

I was loving it when we got that really nice 2″-3″ of snow a few days ago.  That kind of snowcover really makes everything look pretty and it’s not such a big pain in the butt.  Then the Nor’Easter hit.  It’s still pretty and wicked fun to play in, but holy snow!  My hubby and I were digging out my car at 5:30am so I can move it when the plows come through later.  Luckily his 4-wheel drive Ford F150 truck didn’t take much shoveling out – it pretty much just goes where it wants.

You know, I used to complain about this weather.  The cold (it was about 10 degrees F yesterday) the snow, the barren trees… it used to bother me.  “How depressing!” I thought.  But after moving away to Salisbury, Maryland and getting a chance to miss it, I have to say I don’t think I’ll ever move away from New England again.  I missed the seasons and you appreciate summer so much more when you only get about 2.5 months of it. 

Plus there’s no place in the world like New England Ice Cream.  Despite our cold weather, New Englanders consume more ice cream year round than any other place in the world.  If you’re ever in the North East, Hodgies and a little place down by Kettle Cove are the best – of course those places are seasonal.  If you want ice cream in winter you have to go to the grocery store like everyone else.  So yeah, I got some Moose Tracks in my fridge.  In fact, I’m going to go sit in a snow bank and eat a bowl right now.

Anyway, I thought I would leave you all with some pictures from the ice storm and the latest Nor’Easter event…

 

The tree out front after the Ice Storm in the beginning of December.

This is one from the 21st before the snow got bad.

Notice the way the ice sticks to his beard. That’s because it’s about 6 degrees F outside!

Non sibling rivalry. This was on Saturday/Sunday when the snow was fun.

You can’t really see how high the snow is but between Saturday and Sunday we have about 1.5-2 feet on the ground.

Dug my car out at 5:30 in the freaking morning. The snow is less fun right now… but it’ll be better later when we start playing in it!

~ by thehardcorefreelancer on December 22, 2008.