It’s nearly the end of February, and we got our first real snowfall for the Winter over night.
It was raining off and on yesterday, and continued doing that at night, with wind picking up, and lots of gusts … I had a hard time sleeping, with the pelting rain at the window, and hearing things flap and bang with the wind gusts. (metal edges of the hen pens particularly).
I got up a few times to be sure the hen pens were alright. They were. Frank got up last, around 3:05am. Everything was fine.
We both slept finally, until around 6am, and Frank told me there was snow on the ground. So of course, now I’m awake, and he went back to sleep. urg.
I had a really hot fire in the fireplace last night, and it was definitely not going to cool down before we went to bed, so I left it. I was able to start a fire fairly fast without any aid of firestick or match … the embers underneath the ashes did the work. So I’m up with a fire going, and no one else yet is awake. The sunrise is yet to be: 7:08am. Everything is slowly brightening up outside, with twilight growing.
It’s nice to see the snow, it covers everything, the light and warmth from the snow is nice. The children will be thrilled when they wake up.
I’m estimating an inch of wet snow is on the ground here. Maybe more. It’s instant snowball kind of snow. Grab it and you’re ready to throw.
The wind is still a bit breezy to gusty … and we are under wintry weather advisories most of the day … with more snow or sleet maybe … a good day to stay home. 🙂
Hopefully the digital camera will cooperate for some pictures a bit later.