herbiehancock

...somebody call me when spring arrives, will you? We have a Winter Storm Warning from the weatherman.  The city officials here have declared a Level 2 Snow Emergency on the road conditions.   ( LEVEL 2 : Roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow. Roads may also be very icy. Only those who feel it is necessary to drive should be out on the roads. Contact your employer to see if you should report to work. Motorists should use extreme caution.)  S chools are closed, and I'm off of work for today. I haven't ventured outside yet, and have no plans on doing so today.  The picture below shows the view from my front door. The worst thing is that my older son starts his spring break from college today and is planning on driving home in this weather this afternoon.  As you can imagine, I am concerned. Our street is out there somewhere.  The plows haven't been through here yet to make a path. A warm-up is predicted for the beginning of next week (along w...

                                                                   Diamond Rain                                              The diamonds rained down                                              and stuck to the trees.                                              The people stayed inside,                                              afraid of the freeze,    ...

Not that this will come as a big surprise to anyone, but we have had more snow here since last time I posted.  I'm waving a white flag and crying, "UNCLE!!" but no one seems to be hearing me.  Wrap up in an afghan and sip some hot cocoa or tea while you read this post, because you're going to need it to keep you warm.   We are running out of places to pile the snow... in the back yard, in the front yard, next to the driveway, off the sidewalk out front, and along our street. This interesting mix of snow and ice is in the process of sliding off the awning above our side door. Oh, did someone say, "ice"?  Yes, we still have our icicles.  They are getting bigger every day.  They are along the front of the house, and, of course, they are still along the back of our house and in front of my kitchen windows as if they are bars  on the windows of an ice jail. Under that pile of snow below is our air conditioner.  I don't think we'll be needing it for a w...

The much ballyhooed blizzard of 2011 came and went here, and although we had loud, blustering winds mixed with sleet and a significant amount of snowfall, it left us no worse for wear when all was said and done. First is a picture from before the blizzard.  My son had some leftover french fries that he put outside on the snow on the ground thinking that a squirrel might come to eat them before the storm hit.  He was right, and we had fun watching it sit and gnaw on the frozen potato sticks. Some parts of Ohio had large amounts of ice and freezing rain.  I heard that one Columbus hospital reported having more than 300 people come in to be treated for injuries that occurred as a result of falls on the ice yesterday.  We had snow first and then freezing rain and then more snow, so we didn't have problems with things icing up the way those farther south of us did.  I tried to get a picture of some of the freezing rain that we did get as it was coming down. We had lo...