After the skiff of snow we had in the last post, it kept snowing … and snowing … and snowing. The predicted 2 inches of snow looked more like 6 inches on our deck railing.
Partway through the snowfall I took a picture of my veggie garden and thought about the strawberry plants shivering under the blanket of snow. Hah! There’s an oxymoron – a blanket of snow. Blankets are supposed to be warm, aren’t they?
Then that night, it rained and blew
Just as it was supposed to do.
Soon the snow had disappeared,
But the damage was as feared.
See the fir branch dangling down?
It’s so long it reached the ground.
See it hanging by a thread
There beside the garden shed?
Now I’m worried it might drop
On my doggies with a plop.
More like dropping with a crash
Turning puppies into mash.
So the Captain has to tie
Rope onto the branch up high,
Tie it on the pickup truck
Yank it down into the muck.
We don’t grumble, we don’t cuss.
Oh what fun for all of us.
January 12, 2019 at 12:46 pm
With the weather, you get the good and the bad, just like with people 🙂 😦
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January 12, 2019 at 12:51 pm
Yes, we sure do, and we have to make the best of what we get.
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January 12, 2019 at 1:07 pm
That’s what I like to see, a snow that doesn’t stick around!
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January 12, 2019 at 1:35 pm
Me too!
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January 12, 2019 at 1:54 pm
We haven’t had any snow, Anneli, so I’m a little jealous, but I don’t miss dangling branches that can crash and turn pups to mash! Cute poem and be safe. 🙂
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January 12, 2019 at 2:43 pm
This branch thing happens every once in a while just to make sure we don’t get too bored.
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January 12, 2019 at 1:55 pm
Winters out west😏. Winter rain in the east is usually ice rain. Bring on springtime!!
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January 12, 2019 at 2:45 pm
We were caught in an ice (rain) storm once and it was terrifying. I prefer my rain wet, but spring sounds even better.
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January 12, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Snow is pretty, but….
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January 12, 2019 at 3:12 pm
Agree. BUT….
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January 12, 2019 at 3:53 pm
Wow, that was fast! What a whirlwind! Just gloomy here.
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January 12, 2019 at 4:09 pm
Yes, it was fast. One system moved through and another followed the next day.
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January 13, 2019 at 10:44 am
So weird. And our “system” is just hanging on. Where is my blue sky AZ winter?
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January 13, 2019 at 12:00 pm
That’s how it was for us most of November, December, and half of January. Don’t worry. You are due lots of sunshine soon.
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January 14, 2019 at 10:05 am
I know I sound spoiled haha.
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January 14, 2019 at 10:12 am
Yes, I suppose you do, but why not? It’s okay to have a good life. Hope you get that back soon.
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January 14, 2019 at 10:18 am
Thanks! Hope you enjoy a “good winter.” Not sure what that it, but I’ll bet you do!
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January 12, 2019 at 5:03 pm
Hahaha. 🙂 Cute poem. 🙂 Sorry about the branch though.
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January 12, 2019 at 6:43 pm
We had often talked about pruning a few branches, but hadn’t intended to do it this way.
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January 13, 2019 at 2:36 am
Beautiful.
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January 13, 2019 at 5:49 am
Oh, my! That is an enormous tree. Love the poem!
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January 13, 2019 at 10:02 am
Thanks, Jennie. It’s fairly big, but there are bigger firs on the other side of our house. Those are the ones I worry about when the wind blows hard. Glad you liked my poem. Tnx.
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January 13, 2019 at 12:50 pm
Bigger still? My goodness! Best to you, Anneli.
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January 13, 2019 at 5:51 pm
Looks like you are having more winter than we are! liked your poetic description!
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January 13, 2019 at 6:36 pm
Yeah! What’s going on with that? Aren’t you supposed to have those deep extra cold winters?
Well, it’s good if you’re getting a break.
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January 13, 2019 at 6:39 pm
I think it just hasn’t arrived yet.
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January 13, 2019 at 6:40 pm
Oh no. We’re having springlike weather now. It’s about 43 F just now.
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January 14, 2019 at 7:22 am
Ha. Cute poem. Did you get the branch down? I can’t believe how fast all that show melted. We had 3 inches over the weekend, and it’s too cold for it to melt. I wish it would, so we are clear for the next bit coming our way.
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January 14, 2019 at 8:35 am
Yes. The Captain dragged a power saw up a high ladder yesterday and dealt with the branch while I held the ladder below and got woodchips in my hair and down my shirt. But the job is done and no one fell or got hit by branches.
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January 14, 2019 at 8:48 am
Spitting out wood chips, eh? Heh. Glad it’s taken care of and everyone is safe. 🙂
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January 14, 2019 at 8:49 am
Yeth thir!
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January 15, 2019 at 1:04 am
Nice poem! We are having exactly the same weather as you do, every day another view outside. Yesterday it was raining hard and today all is covered with snow again. Not boring at all …
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January 15, 2019 at 8:50 am
We would call that weather system “changeable.”
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