They were right
It really IS snowing pretty hard right now. At 7 a.m. when we took the dogs out, there was a dusting on the cars, nothing sticking on the road or sidewalks inside the village and a light dusting on the road as soon as we got outside of town.
Right now it is 10 a.m. and I would say we’ve had 4″ so far, based on the amount I cleaned off of Beanie. I decided to clean her off, despite the fact that it’s still snowing, because I always wait until it stops and then it’s a major job, especially when the bottom layer has frozen into ice. So, I thought I’d experiment and see if this made my life easier.
While I was out there, my friend Catherine (the baker’s wife) was out cleaning the steps of the boulangerie. Their steps are a real hazard in bad weather, as they are quite steep and we’ve got a lot of old, frail people here who struggle to get up them in the best of weather. I was thinking that I was really sorry I hadn’t bought salt last week when I was out shopping. But, foolish me, I thought we were through with snow for this year.
The most concerning thing is that our power has been flickering on and off for a few hours. I am hoping that we don’t lose it entirely. I can’t open the shade on the skylight when it’s snowing, because the snow buildup on the window itself would keep me from closing it again and that means we lose a lot more heat through the window than when it’s closed. But it means that the staircase is totally dark unless we have electricity.
I had thought we should close up the fireplace for the season; but I guess I was wrong about that too!
In fact, I don’t mind the snow itself; what I really don’t like is the ice after the snow starts to melt then refreezes. I have never been the world’s most graceful creature at the best of times and in the ice I always feel as if I’m seconds away from disaster. When we watched the ice skating at the Olympics last month, I marveled at the way the skaters not only moved on the ice, but how they just bounced right up after falling. I would just be lying there moaning!
Hope your weather is lovely wherever you are!
Ciao for now.
Randy
Well, we were not expecting snow here, but snow we had. Luckily, not more than a few centimeters, and apparently not sticking on the roads and pavement. But it is expected to be very cold this night, and I am afraid of icy roads tomorrow.
1The power seems OK, though. If we do not have electricity, I am afraid of the results: Impossible to open half of the shades, and worse: no heating, because the circulator is electric, although the heating is with a gas system.
We should have bought a generator, but we did not find the time. Bad planning on our part.
I hope you will still get electricity, life tends to be miserable without it!
We’re so deprived in Los Angeles of any snow (except in the mountains, of course). How about posting some snow pics for us living in the Mediterranean climate???!!! I wonder how the dogs are reacting to snow?
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V~
As you’ll see from my update, we did lose power. I was ready to use my little camper gas stove to make coffee this morning if necessary, but luckily it didn’t come to that. And, we were lucky that the power wasn’t out long enough for us to lose the water (if the power goes out, the water pumping station goes out too).
And, yes, Alberto, life without electricity is no fun at all!
Veronica, I didn’t take any new pictures I’m afraid. One snowstorm is starting to look pretty much like another! The dogs love the snow! It brings out Shmoo’s “inner Husky” in a big way!
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