Oh hi. Two months without posts... Have no fear, I am not dead. Just rather silent.
(Lily made a tunnel with some windshield snow.)
Last weekend, well the weekend before last actually, we had some weather.
Friday afternoon it was 61 degrees. By Sunday morning it was negative 27 degrees. A 90 degree temperature drop with steady precipitation the whole time the mercury was falling. (Probably should change that expression. I wonder how many mercury thermometers are actually left out there.)
All of this resulted in a thick coating of ice and 18 inches of snow. Less than 24 hrs before this picture? No snow.
It was rather lovely and dramatic.
Hoyt getting a big chunk of snow
Snow piles are the very best
The thing about having a lot of female sisters and cousins? The extra snow clothes are always purple and pink (see Hoyt's gloves a few pictures back)
Doesn't bother these boys in the least.
A grumpy January sky.
An adorable bundled up Abilene
And I AM going to put up three pictures that are just about identical because they are all perfectly precious in their own way.
Wreathes with snowhats.
Orianna has been on a snowflake making kick this year, so she made some for Grandma's windows.
At this point it was still above zero, but the wind was blowing, so it was brisk.
As in I shoved my hands in my pockets every other picture or so.
Did I mention Clover and Evan and company were up? And Fiona? Well they were. Such a lovely time.
The older girls
Orianna was adamant that she did not need a snowsuit.
Riiiight, Cold Leg Orby.
But she is the only one left standing, so....
The flag was very frozen
Cows are such enduring creatures.
They need extra food when it gets cold, but otherwise, they make out okay.
Since we didn't get to be outside much, we found a kids exercise video for the kids.
They had a hoot. Mostly.
After all that exertion, a little comfy reading was in order.
Sunday was sunny, way below zero, and GORGEOUS.
Allow me to bore you with loads of icy pictures
I love shadows on snow
This elm tree is probably not long for this world. A huge section of it fell off this fall.
So I took a lot of pictures.
Just in case this is our last winter with it.
Such a marvelous old tree.
Tractor treads
The rain turned to slush and then ice so fast if froze on Clover and Evan's van like little fins.
Monday morning the creek, that had been majorly flooded from the 61 degrees on Friday was steaming in the below zero weather.
It looks like a hot spring. But I am here to tell you it was not particularly warm.
It's a beautiful world isn't it?
And then we wrapped the weekend up with a little bug bingo.
2 comments:
Glad you are back!!! :) Looks like some (cold) fun! Beautiful pictures as usual, especially the steaming pond pictures!
The Elm tree is a silent reminder of how brief our time is! Love “Orby’s” 😁 no need for snow pants! All the pictures were awesome!
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