There is Snow Here
11 inches of snow causes drifts to get as high as four feet. Our front yard alone is about 20 inches thick.
Okay…if you don’t live here…if you live in a warmer climate, you look at the weather here and say, “they’re NUTS!” to which I’d have to agree with you. Just last week we got over 11 inches of snow. And there’s no place to put it. I snow blowed for three hours last week. I cleaned out my driveway, my neighbor’s driveway (who wasn’t home and wouldn’t have been able to get into their garage unless someone removed the snow), and a driveway across the street. Yes, life would be easier without snow. I often wonder why pioneers settled here with this sort of climate. I think they were afraid conditions would just get worse if the kept going west.
But if your home is where the snow is, you learn do deal with it. We had to cancel our family New Years party because of it. But Suzette and I stayed home and enjoyed the peace and quite of just being together, putting away the Christmas decorations, keeping up with everyone’s snow progress on Facebook, and napping. Sure we don’t spend a lot of time outside during the winter, but that’s when you get house projects done. Nothing else really changes. We still go out, go to friends, walk, and travel around the state. It’s just snow. And if you have kids; they will not find more joy and fun than playing in the snow
If you’re from here, you know what snow is like. You just deal with it. The best part about the snow is spring optimism. We are all focused on the end of March, summer projects, landscaping, mowing and just hanging out outdoors. March? Shoot, there’s not enough time left this winter to get the house projects done. The change of spring is rejuvenating, the start of another cycle. Winter makes you appreciate the other seasons so much more. Snow’s good.
