Late winter photo album

I have had a quiet weekend, but winter continues. We are getting some light snow tonight. (A few miles away in Wisconsin, they are getting more than we are.)

Winter is on the way out--but it's still here, as these photos will show you. First, here is the official measurement after a storm we got in late February ...



Yes, that is a 13-inch ruler my wife got somewhere. Here is what the yard looked like before the snow shovel went to work and the plow arrived ...



I went to visit my mom that day, and I took the camera along in hopes of getting pictures of snow drifting over the road. Alas, the cold north wind had mostly died down by then, and this photo shows that if I had left an hour or two earlier earlier, I would have gotten what I wanted.



These next two pictures were taken over the last few days. The first one shows a scale model of the Alps.



It's the mountain of snow that has been plowed up next to my driveway over the last month or so. In the background you can see my car, and just in front of it is the crossbar of the clothespole--the end closest to the camera is the one that will be bonking me on the top of my head when I mow the lawn this summer. That's how high the snow is.

This last one was taken on Saturday, on my way home from a district volleyball tournament about 70 miles away. This is about 30 miles west of home--it's a snow- and ice-covered meandering stream that has become a highway for deer during winter. (Deer typically walk in single file, you see.)



I saw it on my way to the tourney, but I was running a little late, so I waited until the trip home to get a photo. Unfortunately, by that time it was late afternoon, and the brook on the other side of the highway, a multiple series of snow-covered S's, was now in the shade--too little contrast to see the undulations.

If I get a sunny afternoon this week, I'll make a special trip out there to get a shot of it. It looked real cool. (Cold, even.)