February 8, 2017 Shoveling, Shoveling, Shoveling

The view out of
our bathroom window.

The path I dug to
 the shop door.

Our disappearing fence.

Monday 2/6. I wish we had received only five or six inches of snow, but when JB measured, we had actually received 11"!  We are now over 8' and pushing towards last year's 10'.  While listening to the weather report, we heard that I90 over Snoqualamie Pass is closed because of possible avalanches.  The Mission Ridge canon has been blasting for several mornings now.  And snow seems to be falling all over Western Washington also as evidenced by postings of family members on Facebook.

The blue sky quickly disappeared and snow began to fall until about 10:30 am.  Then we had just enough sun to watch the next wave of snow move in from the west.  It arrived a bit after 1:00 pm, but not before I had cleared a path to the door of the shop; again cleared off 2' along the low end of the wood shed roof; cleared some of the snow off the tarp over the girls' run; and brought in the fire wood.

The second round of snow lasted for a couple hours until the wind whipped up, blew the clouds away, and caused white-outs from snow blowing off the trees.

Our high for the day was 32, and because of that warm temp, snow and ice slid off our roof most of the day, causing Dinga to pant and pace.

Tuesday 2/7. It was a chilly 10 degrees this morning with a light overcast and 1" of new snow.  Yesterday's wind had sculpted our white landscape, especially on top of the south ridge, erasing all evidence that we had ever been up there.  The road that Larry had plowed with the SnoCat was reduced to a slight U-shape.  All rough edges gone.  The fence is almost covered now with mainly just the post tops sticking out.

No more snow is due in until tomorrow, so I shoveled around the girls' run, and dug out the tractor so JB could get it started and run it for a bit.  

Yesterday's high of 32 made today's high of 22 seem very cold.

Wednesday 2/8. It is 11 and snowing this morning.  Lots of snow due in today and tomorrow. . .

Thought for the day: A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box.  Fredrick Douglas