As we were leaving our driveway yesterday morning,
ice was mingled in with the rain. It started snowing in earnest about an hour later,
around 9:30 a.m., as we were on the road to visit with friends. By the time we
reached our destination at 10 p.m., there was several inches on the ground. We
visited for about 2 hours and then headed back home because the snowflakes we
could see through the window were getting bigger (some the size of a quarter)
and we needed to make a stop in town to purchase a printer before making home.
Back in town, which was wet from the rain –
but not snowy – we decided to stop at our favorite Thai restaurant and get a
bite to eat. While there the snow started in to fall in town and the owner, who
we had watched grow up before our eyes when his father owned the place in the
mid-1980’s, remarked that “this is the 4th time this year we’ve had snow
… isn’t that like some kind of a record?” And we said yes, it is a record. Here
in the PNW where we live, we get the rainforest effect which is torrents of
pavement pounding rainfall and snowfall is a novelty. Some years we don’t even
get a hint of snow – and some years we get overnight snow that melts almost as
quickly as it showed up. During really weird winters we get freak snowfall of
anywhere from 4” to 18” that may last a whole week, as we experienced earlier this winter:
(http://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2017/01/snow-day.html); but FOUR SIGNIFICANT snowfalls is certainly a record in these
parts.
After eating, we stopped at Office Depot and
bought a new printer to replace the one that died …
Now we can get our Tax Filing done.
And of course while we were in town, I had to stop at Jo-Anne’s and
buy some more yarn “because it’s still on sale and I have some ideas I want to design”.
I bought several MORE colorful skeins of Red Heart yarn:
Seducing jewel colors ...
When we got back to the pickup, Hub’s made a
remark that “we are yarn poor” … and I thought he was teasing me about being a
yarn whore and quipped, “Yes, I am: I can’t help it; when I walk the yarn isles
the yarn seduces me and I succumb”. And then we laughed about the
misunderstanding. But it IS true that I AM a yarn whore. And I can’t apologize
because we both know that the same thing will happen again. And again … and again no matter how much I swear I will control myself ;-)
Finally making it home and hauling our newly
purchased possessions inside, we were amazed at how quickly the snow began to
accumulate …
2” snow on the back deck by 2 PM; I had put the saucepan on the table to collect rainwater for my houseplants
Even the squirrel that has commandeered the
largest birdhouse Hubs made, poked its head out and chattered, “What the heck?”
before quickly darted back inside and staying there nice and cozily warm …
Just yesterday it was Spring-like weather (so much so that I even put my greenhouse up
near my veggie beds area a day ago and bought potting soil to start cabbages, kale, and
lettuces to slip in the beds for an early head start), and then suddenly the fickle weather turned on a
dime and dumped snow on us. How rude >:-(
And the snowflakes got larger and fluffier and
steadily fell and slowly accumulated:
3-1/2 inches of snow by 8 PM. Not a lot of snow like other parts if the USA … but unusual and significant for our part.
By 10 PM, 4-in. snow had piled up, and was glittering which meant the icy rain had begun and the snow would begin to melt come morning.
And it is melting even as I type. I can see
the rain has ice in it, but the snow is melting. The temperature outside is
36-degrees and everything is dripping. The snow probably won’t last the day.
And that’s okay with me! This snowbaby is
aging and isn’t as enthralled with snow anymore – I admit that my eyes do still
light up when I see it falling, but my old bones groan. Overnight snow works
for me at this stage of the game LOL :-D :-D
