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Dusting of snow

Posted in dragonfly, Landscape, Photography, snow, Winter, tagged , , , , , , on January 15, 2024| 3 Comments »

I have not been paying much attention to weather forecasts, so I was pleasantly surprised this morning to wake up to world covered with a dusting of snow. Normally this small amount of snow would not be newsworthy, but we have been in a snow drought for quite some time in my area. It has been two years since we last had an accumulation of two inches (50 mm) of snow in a single storm and for the entire winter last year we had a total of only about a half an inch (13 mm).

I probably did not need to do so, but I got out my snow shovel and cleared my steps and the sidewalk in front of my house.  I don’t really plan to drive anywhere, but I brushed the snow off of my car to keep it from freezing into any icy crust. Many of you know that I drive an orange KIA Soul and the final photo shows my BLESS MY license plate inside of a frame that says SOUL. I like this positive message and frequently get thumbs-up signs of approval from my fellow drivers.

Weather forecasters predict that we could get another 2 to 4 inches (50-100 mm) later today. I grew up in New England and that amount of snow would be a minor annoyance, but here in the Washington D.C. area, it will paralyze the area, undoubtedly resulting in numerous accidents and delayed school openings or even closures tomorrow. Some of the effects may be mitigated by the fact that today is a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so traffic congestion should be lighter than usual, which will allow road crews to more effective clear and treat the roads.

Snowy dragonfly

Snowy lamppost

Snowy soul

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The morning after the storm

Posted in Nature, Photography, Winter, tagged , , , , , , on January 24, 2016| 18 Comments »

At 6:00 this morning in the neighborhood, it was clear and cold and the moon was shining brightly. Thank God we made it through the blizzard without losing power and for the fact that the snow is powdery and relatively light, even if there is lots of it to clear away.

norning after

All told, I think we had somewhere between 24 and 30 inches of snow (61 to 76 cm), with drifts much higher. It snowed almost continuously for almost 30 hours, sometimes accompanied by howling winds that blew the snow sidewards.

In some areas of North America, that amount of snow might be a normal occurrence, but here in Northern Virginia, it is almost a record-breaking amount for the area. I live in a townhouse area, and there is simply nowhere to put all of this snow. Already I have a pile of snow almost as tall as I am.

The sun is shining now and it will soon be time to return to digging out. Normally I would be getting ready for church now, but there’s no way I can make it through the neighborhood streets that are covered still with well over a foot of snow.

My car’s license plate, however, is a constant reminder for me and a continuous prayer—I drive a KIA Soul.

Bless My Soul

Here’s what the entire car looked like yesterday during a period when the snow was falling slowly. We got another foot or so after I took this photo. It will be dug out in a short while, but I don’t think I will be driving anywhere for at least a couple more days.

Kia Soul

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