blizzard, the morning after.

We woke today with snow blocking our windows and doors, a world of white, with no sidewalks or road to be found. Throughout the morning everyone has slowly started to dig out. The wheel loaders/plows have come through our road out front a few times and the snow is now piled well above my head along the sides.


The boys went out immediately, and found themselves stuck. Deep to hip or waist, sinking, unable to walk or move. G is light, so he quickly discovered he could crawl along the top without sinking.


A is bigger so he sinks on his knees still, but can lie flat and scoot along on his belly. They made it to the one part of cleared sidewalk down the block, stranded, wondering how to get back. ;) They love it!!!!!!


My husband is shoveling in spurts...the drifts are waist high or more in some places, and even with a lot of shoveling, he has made it only about 12 feet from our front door to the main sidewalk! I'm not even going to think about the driveway (the plows haven't come through our alley yet anyway, so...).


But we don't have anywhere to be today (and our city is basically shut down), so no worries. I am warm inside making mulled cider on the stove, warming up the soup and bread I made yesterday, and enjoying games with my boys.


I'm sure my guys will be outside another 25 times today. They will be able to get around a little better as people clear their sidewalks. Those sheer shovel walls are a great base to dig forts from too - and I know we will be out helping them tunnel and carve some caves!

And in case you couldn't tell in the photos how high the drifts near our front door are, G wanted to stand in front of one to give some perspective - almost up to his head. We have some shoveling to do!

Happy Wednesday!


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blizzard!

We get snowstorms often here in Wisconsin, but tonight we are in the midst of a RAGING blizzard. House is creaking, wind is roaring loudly, snow is drifting into massive piles, covering vents and windows and doors and roads. We can't see across the street (or even see the street - the drifts are HUGE!). I feel like I need to send my husband out with a rope when he clears the massive drifts off of our heater/water/dryer vents every few hours - a rope so he can find the front door again! They say the strongest part is still to come after midnight, so I'll stand at the window with my herbal tea and mouth hanging open for a bit longer before tucking in with my boys, I'm sure.


I can't wait to see what the the light of morning brings as we start to (or should I say attempt to) dig ourselves out. We are definitely not going anywhere for awhile.


I hope all of you in this storm too are safe, warm, and cozy, enjoying it from the comfort of your home.

"Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,

Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,

Seems nowhere to alight: the withered air

Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,

And veils the farm-house at the garden's end.

The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet

Delayed, all friends shut out, and housemates sit

Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed

In a tumultuous privacy of storm."


~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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