.... and more snow!

As I write this we are having a snowstorm. It's kind of weird because it is completely silent outside. So far there is about half a metre of snow piled up against the doors so when Jamie gets in from work he might have to shovel his way inside! The news reports are on msn and sound heaps worse than what I am seeing out the window, but then again we are a quiet street in a nice surburban neighbourhood! I spoke with Pat in New York just after midday and she was seeing the first snowflakes hitting her window so it was just starting there at that time. I think it has been snowing here since around 2 or 3am as it hadn't started when we went to bed at 1am. I heard a noise outside not long ago when there was a lull in the volume of snow coming down and it was the neighbour from across the road snow-blowing our driveway! So that was nice of him. It will save Jamie doing it tonight when he gets in from work (he is working 8am - 8pm). The neighbour also did the older lady next doors footpath and a pathway to her front-door. She has had a good week because I shovelled her snow from the footpath on Wednesday after the last snowfall!

I must have jinxed things beccause since writing above that it is silent, the wind has come up and is swirling snow off the roof and all around the garden and in front of the windows. I guess that means that instead of the 10-20cm last night and the same again today, there will be parts where it is deeper where there is more snow plied up. It's hard to know how much is on the ground without going outside and walking in it because there was a good 10-15 cm on the ground after Wedensday's fall. We only had a few little light snow showers on Thursday and Friday and most of the time it was quite sunny (but well below freezing in temperature!). I'm not planning to go out as because even though we have new snow tyres on the Lexus (and a cool snow traction button that you activate when you are driving in snow) I don't think that they are designed for more than 5cm or so of snow on the ground. I'm going to make some more French Onion soup this afternoon as I haven't made it since our blog entry about it back in October.