However the media try to label it, we just had a beautiful time with our 18" of snow this past weekend.
The snow began Friday night around 8:30, and it was cold enough that it began to stick right away. When I woke up Saturday morning the ground and streets were white, but from the bedroom it looked like maybe a 2-3" snowfall. Imagine my surprise to find about 8" waiting in the driveway when I started shoveling!
Mike Schipono and his AWD Pilot came by to go to the gym; we were two of six guys in the spin class that morning. Then on getting home I started shoveling again. By the time I finished the driveway, and the front walk, the places I had started shoveling had another couple of inches on them again, so I had to do it twice. I then cleared a walkway to the woodpile out back, and at 12:30 Saturday afternoon, we had 16" of snow in the back yard. The kids, of course, spent a bit of time romping in the snow and sledding back in the Pit, but also a bit of time indoors...it was cold, and windy sometimes.
Later that afternoon I went back out and shoveled again. The snow was beginning to slow, and the flakes became smaller and less dense. When all was done, I measured again and with the snow settling, it now measured around 18" in the back yard.
Sunday, church was cancelled, so we stayed in and made the most of our snow day. It was also a chance to get some pictures of our yard and enjoy the beauty of the gift. There's still several inches on the ground, and unless it starts raining early tomorrow, we should have a white Christmas in Virginia for only the second time I can remember in our 17 years here.
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