January 19, 2024

Talking about the weather again.

"Everbody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." --attributed to Mark Twain, among others.


We did get more snow last night and half the day today. I cleared a path down the driveway early this morning so that I could take Charlie for a walk. The street had been plowed so we walked around the end of the cul-de-sac. There wasn’t any traffic.



After the snow finally stopped, a couple of teenage girls knocked on my door to ask if I wanted my driveway cleared. They did it quickly, with the help of their dad. One of these girls cleared my walk a couple of years ago. Last winter I didn’t get enough snow to worry about.



After it got dark tonight, I took Charlie out for one final walk. The upper part of my driveway was a sheet of ice because water had dripped off the roof and frozen on the cold pavement. The ice-melting crystals that I had spread around stopped working because the temperature was so low. I managed to avoid falling, but I will have to come up with a plan in the morning.

10 comments:

  1. Thick snow really buggers up life

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  2. It is nice to have the girls helping to clear the snow.
    Love the sky shot. Take care, have a wonderful weekend.

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  3. We usually just get a scattering of snow. This year everything slid to a halt, because we have no real experience. Ice is the worst. I fell on ice in December 2010, broke my pelvis, could hardly move. Please take care!!!

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  4. The kids across the street used to help me, but it hasn’t happened so far this year.

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  5. ...these days, I'd rather talk about the weather!

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  6. That is very kind! And I love the photos

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  7. So nice to see ambitious young people getting out and shoveling snow. I used to walk up and down our street with a shovel and snowblower. My dad made me pay for the gas, but anything over that, I got to keep!

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  8. Wow, I'm impressed by those teenage girls. Be very careful on that ice!!

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