It snowed…

We got a lot of snow during the night of February 1^st and 2^nd (2016).  Here's what it looked like in the morning.  My bench seems to attract the most snow.  The hump in front of the bench has a substrate of what hadn't melted from the last 4 snows.  It had melted down to the deck in front of the bench and by the house.

Snow on the Bench and Railing.

They do a great job of plowing the county roads here.  My road got plowed at least once over night.  It looks like I could go out if I wanted to, but it's warm here and appears to still be snowing.  The snow "flakes" are so small, it's hard to tell though.

Snow on Table and Chairs.

The table and chairs are child-sized ones that had been left in the "fort" area of the back yard.  You can see how the house blocked some snow accumulation.  Table, chairs, and bench had only an inch or so of snow when I went to bed the night before.

"View" of the Mountains.

Here are the "mountains" I can see from my house...  (Not that morning, apparently, which is what made me think it was still snowing.  No sun, either...)

The overnight winds tend to be pretty fierce.  They sculpt the snow into interesting patterns.  This is after one night of wind.  The winds the following night cleared the deck railings completely.  Once the sun is up in the morning, I’ll post another picture of the deck and back yard where some of the snow has completely blown away.  In a few days there will hardly be any snow at all since we are expecting temperatures well above freezing over the next week.

...As promised, here is what the snow looked like on Feb. 8th just before sunrise:

Snow at the House Edge of the Deck.

Some of the snow near the house has melted in yesterday's sun.  As usual, the bench tells the story:  Although the wind swept most of it clear, and it gets a lot of sun, there is still a little there.  It will be gone by this afternoon.

Drift of Snow on the Deck - Snow on Bench Almost Gone.

And yet, there are totally bare patches in the yard.

No Snow in Front of Sand Tire.

And Other Places...

Interesting that there is no snow between these two trees.  When I was deciding where to place my clothes line, those trees looked idea.  Except that last spring there was still snow between those trees when the rest of the ground was bare.

Those of you who are tired of looking at, trudging through, or shoveling snow might want to check out this post from the High Altitude Gardener who decided to vacation in Arizona.

http://highaltitudegardening.blogspot.com/2016/01/hellooooo-sunshine.html