Snow Day #3

 

This is the snow person I made yesterday late morning, it had fallen over by late afternoon. 

Here's how it looks today. I had to pry up the remaining big chunk up off the deck as it was embedded in the ice on the deck boards (cold this morning 29F!).

This is what our road looked like yesterday. Our neighbor couldn't make it past our driveway with his 2wd pickup truck. He had to use his wife's Subaru to go to work. The county had texted us and said to stay home, so we did. Today it's all clear, but most of the roads over the mountains are closed, they got more than a foot of snow!

Meg was not pleased about the ice/snow at first, but she got used to it pretty quickly.

I like this picture of the blooming rosemary. 

I did actually measure the snow with a Quilty ruler!

Our solar cells were finally snow free, just in time to get a little bit re-charged in the afternoon's partial sun. Our battery power was down at around 25% so we finally had to switch over everything to the generator. Our power came back on unexpectedly last night about 10pm. We'd been told it would be on by 6pm on Sunday, so it was a nice surprise. We all jumped into action and started the dishwasher, laundry, etc. And that brought back the internet along with it thankfully. Hopefully all is back to near normal now.

Snow Day #2

Well, apparently I live somewhere where it snows now. 

It's really beautiful of course, but also quite confusing visually. This isn't how it's supposed to look out my windows you know?

I think we have even more snow this morning than yesterday.

It's been alternating snow and rain, and it's staying around freezing temperatures, so it's an absolute slush-fest on the driveway.

Our poor palm tree. I've been apologizing. Also to all the succulents, and the South African and Australian plants that had been doing so well in our hotter climate. Sigh.

Our power is still out, and our power wall battery is under 30% now, and the solar panels are covered with snow and ice. DH tried to clear them, but the ice is just too heavy. We're going to have to wait for a thaw I guess. And we're going to have to get the generator going too. Hey, at least the internet is on, right?

I did work on some Pantone Project blocks yesterday. I have five cards that needed fabric matches. I was super surprised to have a fabric for that very dark purple (Black Iris).

This peach-y beige was very hard to match, but I think I found one that works.

HST's to be sewn together today.

Unfortunately I couldn't iron (because of conserving battery power) so the blocks aren't pressed except for a seam roller going over them.

Snow Day!

 

It's actually snowing! We got about 1/2", whoop whoop. It's already melting I think because the sun has come out. But here's a ton of pictures because it's so wild to see everything white outside. Meg did a very quick U-turn, she doesn't see what the big deal is.

About a 1/2" accumulated I guess, maybe a bit more? I should have taken a ruler outside with me.

Snow falling action shot.

It really was beautiful, and to see actual snow falling was such a treat.

Grandma Stark would have been surprised to see her patio chair snow-covered (and purple for that matter).

I got snow inside my slippers, brrr.

Oooh, Bonny Doon got a lot of snow, that's the mountains in the distance.

I'm so sorry to my tender plants, I hope they make it.

The junipers are just too vertical for this snow stuff.

The cherry tree is so beautiful with the branches limned with the sunlight caught in melting snow.

Our power has been out since February 21st at noon, it is maybe going back on February 23rd at 3pm. We're really glad we have a wood stove today! DH is out there clearing the snow off of the solar panels. Wild stuff.

Snow Lilac

Just a couple weeks ago I was bundled up and walking around in the snow at Lake Tahoe. And now I'm wearing shorts and tank tops and complaining about how hot it is already this year. So I thought I'd dive into the hundreds of photos I took there, to "cool off". Looking at pictures of snow is somehow psychologically cooling. Another reminder of how strong our minds truly are.Whenever we go on a car trip I bring a piece of something from my garden to put on the dashboard. Usually rosemary since it is next to the driveway. Having the greenery and scent of home is a way to stay connected when we're out exploring. This time it was one of the zillions of lilac blooms. I could only bring one because of the powerful scent, it would have being too much. After being in the car for a few days, it looked ready for a little snow. So I left it as an offering near Fallen Leaf Lake.