And Snow it Goes
We woke up yesterday morning expecting to find the same amount of snow that had been there when we went to bed. Not! It had started re-snowing during the night and didn’t stop for the entire day.
This is what it looked like on Friday (today’s pictures up later)
Cours Colbert Friday
Across the Blau
The gardens
Now, imagine more snow! I don’t think I’ve actually seen this much snow in well over 30 years (credit life in California with that one), so it was surprising to say the least. Although there were a few hearty souls out in 4 wheel drive vehicles yesterday, there was not a lot of traffic. I can’t imagine when I will have Beanie dug out enough to drive, to be honest.
We weren’t getting any television signal on the satellite, so we tried to go up on the roof to knock off the snow. Unfortunately the trap door had frozen so it took us a couple of hours to get up there. By then, there was way too much snow for us to dislodge it. The dish itself is half buried, so until nature takes its course, I don’t think there’s much we can do ourselves.
The dogs seem to love it still. They bury their faces, including their eyes, in the drifts to get in all the good smells. I think they’re crazy, but I’m not a dog, so what do I know?
Hope you’re all safe and warm wherever you are and I’ll post more pictures once I get them onto the computer.
Ciao for now.
Randy
Hi Randy,
Glad you are still enjoying life in la belle France. It looks as though you have more snow in Chalabre than we have here but we are expecting more.
I thought we might go to Chalabre again this year but our holidays have to be in April so we are going to Ceret instead.
Best wishes for 2010
John Read
1I’m sure it will be lovely in Ceret in April (at least we can all hope!)
Best wishes to you as well.
R
2So beautiful Randy! Ah, it makes my heart ache for France, even though we left I still love the country. What a wonderful sight, a fairy tale landscape! Thank you for sharing!
3Thanks, Tink. Yes, it is really beautiful here. It’s a shame that the language barrier made your experience less than it could have been.
4Really beautiful, but frankly I prefer to see it on pictures than in reality. I cannot imagine putting my nose in the snow for whatever reason, but I am not a dog!
5Here, we had only less than one inch, and fortunately it disappeared right away within the same day. It is still too cold for my selfish pleasure.
I felt like you for many years, Alberto; but strangely, after almost 30 years with no snow in L.A., I find I kind of like it now. The only thing I don’t like is the ice. I’m always terrified that I’m going to fall and break a hip.
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