It is winter in the Northeast; the beginning of a year that will be remembered by just one word: snow. Through the nonstop work of the hired plows, every parking lot has five to ten foot tall replicas of the Himalayas.
Three to four feet of the white ice surrounds our house. In the back stands a fifty foot tall Atlantic White Cedar. The weight of snow and the force of the winds on a large limb, that had extended from halfway up the trunk, ripped the limb off. It now stands alone, upside down in the snow, its bare, broken, end ten feet up in the cold air. It will be a while before I can deal with it, so great, the neighbors are going to think I don't know how to plant a tree.
Everyone is tired and cranky from hours of clearing off steps, driveways, sidewalks. We could not wait days for the snowfall to end, but had to go out to stay up with the amounts, venturing when the snowfall was light. I did go out to the street during the blizzard. A cold hard wind drove the air, not letting the snow easily reach the ground, turning dark into white. Take my advice - always take a portable gps and cell phone.
It wasn't all bad. At times the snowfall was beautiful, kids were outside playing, birds sounded the alarm of feeders open for business. There were times of not shoveling. Clear a path on the deck, push the pile of snow off the lounge chair, lay back and relax with hot chocolate, catch up on the latest issue of Tan and Frostbite.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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