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Footprints

Photograph taken on Saturday, January 29, 2022 by Henry
Footprints

Footprints

Last night we had a little wet snow. I went out to push a shovel through it so that it wouldn’t be too icy this morning because I knew we’d have someone coming to the house early today. There was a little ice at the bottom, under the snow, so I wasn’t able to get it all up. I went out this morning to put some salt down to melt what was left and make it a bit safer for anyone coming to the house and I saw these footprints in the ice. I’m trying to figure out what sort of creature would leave prints of this sort. Any ideas?

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Late Snow

Photograph taken on Saturday, March 12, 2022 by Henry
Snow on Maple Flowers

Snow on Maple Flowers

March can be very spring like but can and usually does return to winter conditions again before it’s done. We’ve had some wonderful weather but then we just got a pretty decent snowfall and blustery conditions. Cathy and I went for a walk in the neighborhood and enjoyed the blowing snow and I took a few pictures, including this one of the snow on maple flowers around the corner from our house. It won’t do the tree any harm and it’s actually quite pretty. Within a few days the snow will very likely be gone and we’ll could be back into spring like temperatures.

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Snow

Photograph taken on Saturday, January 20, 2024 by Henry
Snow

Snow

We’ve had two moderate snow storms in the last week or so. Last weekend we got about five inches of snow. Then starting early Friday we got another four of five inches. When we got up Friday there was a little over an inch of new snow. We had to go about 2 miles for an appointment and at 7:15 the roads were a bit of a mess but we got there without much trouble. The roads were a bit better by the time we came home. The snow continued falling for most of the rest of the day. This photo was taken from out kitchen door the next morning and there was a little blue showing in the sky by then.

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Snow

Photograph taken on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 by Henry
Snow

Snow

The last few years we haven’t really had much snow. I wouldn’t describe what we had the last couple days as a huge snowfall but comparatively it was a lot. This was out second snowfall of the year when we have gotten more than an inch, with about four inches on the ground this morning. It’s quite pretty and it wasn’t all that hard to clear the driveway or walk, so I didn’t mind it too much. Naturally mom called to tell me to hire a high school student to shovel so I wouldn’t have a heart attack. But actually, I enjoyed being out today. And it’s always nice being out in this when you know you can come back inside and get warm again when you’re done.

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Snow on Norbeck Road

Photograph taken on Sunday, January 25, 2026 by Henry
Snow on Norbeck Road

Snow on Norbeck Road

Because of the forecast of fairly heavy snow Saturday evening into Sunday our church shifted its service to Saturday. That was a good call because this morning we woke up to about six inches with it still coming down quite heavily.

In the early afternoon we walked out to Norbeck Road. There were a few vehicles out, mostly trucks with plows, but an occasional car. The road had been plowed so the snow wasn’t deep on it, but it wasn’t exactly clear, either. And none of the neighborhood roads had been touched, as you can imagine.

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Clearing Snow

Photograph taken on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 by Henry
Clearing Snow

Clearing Snow

Two days in and our neighborhood streets have still not been plowed. By the time I’m writing this, I know that they came later this evening, but until they come, you never know when you’ll be able to get out. We didn’t have anywhere we needed to go, so it didn’t really matter.

We considered ourselves fortunate, though, because a block and a half away a water line broke and there was even more ice and slush than we had. This guy was there with the WSSC folks trying to get ahead of it and stopped to clear the bottom of someones driveway that was being reblocked by the extra water.

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More Snow Clearing

Photograph taken on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 by Henry
Clearing Snow

Clearing Snow

Sometimes, it’s not the frozen snow that’s a problem. Our church is built basically at ground level on a slab. The problem comes when snow that’s piled up along the walls starts to melt. When it stays cold, it melts close to the building before the rest of the snow and the liquid water has only one place to go. Unfortunately, that’s into and through the walls and onto the floor of the building.

Charlie put out a call for folks to come clear a swath between the snow drifts and the building and this is the finished product at the site of the largest drift. The snow was covered by a few inches of very solid ice that we had to break up with mattocks and spades. Snow shovels were fine after that, but the bulk of the work needed steel and not plastic.

We also cleared some parking spaces that had snow and ice on them even after the parking lot had been cleared. It was hard work, but nice to be out with a bunch of guys getting something done.

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