Aftermath

The Sunday storm abated before we went to bed. Sue took a photo of the back deck (left) in the dark and another on Monday morning (right). By that Sunday evening there had been quite a bit more snow after our mid-afternoon shovelling. Oddly enough, the night winds worked in our favour by blowing quite a bit off the path. More work will still be required, however.

After looking out back, Sue went to check out the front walk and took these photos when she got to the door. I find the first, through the wreath, very arty.

She did get a photo of the walkway (left, below). While the winds had helped us out back, they sure didn't work in our favour in the front, for snow had drifted back in, as it always does in that spot. Then, I took one from my window (right). It shows the snow on the roofs of the opposite houses and the depth of it on the lawn. I have never seen it that deep; even some of the lower tree branches have been covered.

Meanwhile our neighbour posted a picture of our lawn and tree from his viewpoint. Crazy, eh? How much higher can that pile go? There is not a melt in sight, I can tell you, and there is more snow in the forecast although not right away.

I looked out again and saw a neighbour from across the street helping our next door neighbour, who hadn't hired a contractor. In Canada, this is what we call friends with benefits. 

We did go for a walk in the windy cold. On our own street we walked on the road because although the sidewalk had been plowed, there were a lot of cave-ins from the adjoining properties. Once we turned the corner near the park, there were no adjacent properties to mound up the snow, so the sidewalk remained walkable (left photo). Back home, the accumulation on our yard (right) is higher than I, so it is well over than 6 feet tall. I converted these photos to b&w because the colour was really off.

Here I am at 5:30 on Tuesday morning, and all is calm although I expect we’ll have to clear the front path at a minimum, but that is for much later. For now, I sip my first coffee under much cover while I wait for the house to heat back up to a livable temperature after letting it drop to 16C/61F overnight.