The White Stuff

[anarchist_nomad]

Curled up in bed with Giles[*] as the snow falls ever heavier outside. This is the first real snow I've seen since we moved into the House of the Red Roses.

Since I'm not quite ready to sleep, it seemed worth noting. For posterity and all that. (Who knows, maybe in a decade or two, I will happen back on this and smile.)

I hope it piles up whilst I sleep and sticks. I could turn on the underfloor heating in the conservatory and sit reading in there tomorrow afternoon. Looking up every now and again to watch the birds taking their turns at the feeders. I can definitely think of worse ways to spend a Saturday!

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[*] Stumpy won't come to bed if he's here. I love my baby girl, but I wish she could get on with other cats.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that's the same weather system that hit the eastern US Wednesday night/early Thursday morning. It was unseasonably, record-breakingly warm (17° C) on Wednesday, but then a cold front moved in very quickly. It started to rain after midnight, and the wind speed increased drastically. Somewhere between 6 and 6:30 AM, I heard it change from rain to sleet, and then to ice and freezing rain, as the temperature dropped through the freezing point. By 7:30 AM, it was frankly snow - big, fluffy, wet snowflakes, overlaying the solid ice underneath. The snow tapered off around 3 PM, leaving about 15 cm of accumulation. But the temperature stayed below -6° C all day, and the fallen snow froze so that it was impossible to shovel. The high winds persisted until evening.

I think it got above freezing on Friday, but it's now snowing again, although the temperature is about -2° C. Anyway, it's supposed to warm up to maybe 8° C. over the next day or two.