Date(s): February 5-6, 2010. Album by Deborah Kosnett. Photos by Deborah Kosnett. 1 - 48 of 99 Total. 733 Visits.
1 Friday morning: birds will find food scarce during and after the storm, so I cleared our back deck enough to get to the feeders.
2 Niger (thistle), sunflower, and safflower, left to right.
3 Titmice found the stash pretty fast.
4 So did chickadees and cardinals.
5 Mid-afternoon, Friday: not much snow yet. It's just starting to stick. That ridge of snow in the foreground is from the porch roof, and it's from our prior snows.
6 Our old RAV is beginning to get a winter coat.
7 I have trekking poles! Waiting for the snowshoes I ordered . . . they will arrive Saturday IF the FedEx truck can make it here.
8 We have skylights in our loft. Right now, they are uncovered. That won't be the case on Saturday.
9 Friday, around 5 pm: snow is starting to stick. The woods are getting pretty.
10 The trees . . . oh, the beautiful trees.
11 Tomorrow, these colorful pots will be buried.
12 Friday, 6 pm: more snow on the streets. The G'burg snowplows are starting to make their runs.
13 Snowstorm food: pao de queijo, or Brazilian cheese bread. We recently found a local supplier of Brazilian foodstuffs. These were from the freezer . . . and pretty tasty.
15 Another one: roasted red pepper pesto, pineapple, nicoise olives, colby jack, and parmesan.
16 Saturday morning, 5:45 am: what a difference an overnight makes. 18" and we're not nearly done with the storm yet.
17 Our back deck, predawn. Hard to tell what all those odd shapes are, now.
18 View from the octagon window.
19 The birdfeeders are buried. (The middle one looks like Beldar, the conehead.)
20 More odd snow lumps.
21 Closeup of Beldar, er, the birdfeeders. They look pretty covered. Can the birds get to them?
22 Yes! In fact, traffic to the feeders is brisk.
23 I can't see 'em feed, but they're there.
24 Daylight view of our street and the heavy roof cover.
25 Across the street. Looks like icing.
26 Our loft with the skylights covered.
27 The blowing snow has stuck to our loft windows.
28 The other loft window.
29 From the octagon window.
30 I opened the garage door (brrrr). It was piled up right against it. I have not measured it, but it looks to be about 2 feet. A lot of it has drifted in.
31 From the garage. Ugh. Remember, the storm's not done with us yet. There'll be more tomorrow.
32 I can still see the car's wheels. That will change.
33 The steps up to our porch.
34 The trees and bushes are sure pretty.
35 Taking in the scene.
36 Retaining wall.
37 I can see birdfeeder activity from the loft window.
38 Lots of titmice.
39 More chickadees.
40 Bird traffic is gradually shaking the snow out of this feeder. Tomorrow or Monday, after I clear the driveway, I'll have to clear a path to the feeders to refill them. Hope there's enough until then.
41 Some ground activity, too.
42 Fly away, Ms. Cardinal . . .
43 Oh, dear. This is my rhododendron, lying on the ground. I don't know if its trunk is going to survive this. We'll see after the thaw.
44 What're you lookin' at?
45 Lunch was a quick affair. Monocacy Ash cheese (similar to Humboldt Fog) from a local farm in Boyds, MD; cranberry walnut bread; half of a ginormous Honeycrisp apple.
46 Now the storm is done, and the final snow tally may be taken. Here's our back deck. The deck planters have created an intriguing rollercoaster motif.
47 And here it is: 24 inches. Two feet. I have never experienced a 2' snowfall. Even the 2003 snowstorm didn't dump this much, and while the 1996 winter saw successive snows and at least 2' at a time . . . we were in London on vacation and missed it.
48 View from the dining room. Planters, chairs, all covered in a sparkling blanket.
