Snow Day!!

After many warnings that it was going to snow heavily today, the forecasters have managed to get things correct! I must admit I was a little sad when I woke up this morning and saw that no snow had settled on the ground. However it looked like it had just started snowing and quite heavily too. I proceeded to get myself ready for work and watched the news and weather items to see what was happening and by the time I was ready to leave for work there was a fair covering of snow.


These first two photos were taken at about 7:30am, after approximately 2 hrs of snowing... and it was still snowing!

It was at this point that I decided that I was not going to brave the traffic (aka I wimped out!). Why bother going into bad driving conditions when I could work comfortably from home. Probably a good choice too, as I have since heard that there were about 4 minor accidents this morning, on the road I travel along to get to work.

While working, I did take the opportunity to keep an eye on what was going on outside to determine when to actually head into the office. And it was fun to see what the neighbours were doing... I saw some inventive parents who didn't have a sled for their child, so hooked up a rope to the recycling tubs and sat their kid in the tub and dragged him around...

And I saw a group of parents and kids making a snowman, the following pictures showing the process from giving him a lower body....

... an upper body (note the ladder in the background and that these people are average height)...

... and a head, complete with a nose adjustment and a pretty big smile!!

I also noted that driving conditions were pretty bad, with one car getting stuck... I commend the driver though for trying to go out in the snow... after getting stuck in the driveway, he abandoned his vehicle on the side of the road and moved onto his sled!

Later, during an eye-break and after taking some more photos of the snow in my garden....

I decided to see how deep the snow actually was outside my back door... it was about 3.5cm deep and very cold... got cold feet. Lesson to learn: even if you are going outside for a very short time, wear shoes (ha ha ha)...

At lunchtime the snow was starting to melt and I actually headed into work for a short period of time. Commute in and back home were fine despite it being slushy in areas. Sadly the snow is continuing to melt, but I for one have enjoyed seeing it and the effects it has on people - most were happy to play in it and take the time to enjoy the outdoors. Driving home I noted various other little snowmen and could imagine the fun the kids/adults had had putting these together... unfortunately I didn't get to make my snowman family...

And on that note, best I go check my supper!!! Bye.