Denned Up

Friday night didn't bring high winds, but it did bring steady snow.   When I ventured out to shovel the driveway in the morning there was over 16 inches down, and it was still snowing.  The flakes had been small, fine-grained, so it wasn't the most difficult to shovel, but not the lightest either.  I threw all the snow over to the west side of the drive so that the lawn on the east side, most in front of the house, would be undisturbed and beautiful.

Mid-afternoon, I went out again, and shoveled off another 3 inches.  A few gusts of wind blew through, but we've missed the blizzardy conditions that were forecast, at least so far.  The snow should be finished by the morning, and I can shovel one last time and get a final tally.  So far it looks like we'll have a few inches less than the big February storm in 2010, when we had over two feet.

It has been very quiet.  Snow absorbs sound, and there's little if any traffic moving.  We had one truck go up the street, and then down, all day.  A few people ventured out to walk, and one family was out trying to sled down the street, but the snow was too deep for good sledding, and they trekked back down to their house.

Other than the two trips out to shovel the drive, I stayed denned up inside the warm house.