Mongrel Snowflakes!

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A video posted by Christy Mesker (@christymesker) on Feb 8, 2016 at 7:31am PST

March Snow

It's been almost 2 weeks since we've seen the ground due to about 6" of snowfall and frigid temperatures ever since. This has been the view from the front porch for the last couple of weeks.

Yesterday got to a balmy 59 degrees and we got a couple of inches of rain, which melted most of the snow off and started quite a bit of flooding in certain areas. Our pond is about to overflow. It was kind of cool watching the snow on the ground steam as it dissipated.

So this morning, this was the view from the front porch - we can see the ground again! Yay!

BUT wait! There's more!  This is what we are in store for tonight.  (We are in the pink area.)

Can I cry now?  I just want spring. I want to go camping. I want to porch dwell. I want flip flops and sun. *sob*  Daylight savings starts this weekend at least.  That's a start.

Update: I'd guess there is approximately a foot of snow on the ground. We had a lot of blowing snow, but the outside table looks like it's holding about a foot on the flat surface.  It's a good thing snow is pretty.  But it can melt now.

Will it ever stop?!

March 16. More Snow. Four days until Spring.  At this rate it will be snowing in July.  Of course this happens when I'm really itching for an early spring for camping sake.  Due to some work conflicts we aren't able to join our friends this coming weekend on their maiden voyage.  { The weather is supposed to perk back up into the 50's and 60's after this mess. }  Hopefully we'll be able to make our planned trip mid-April.  For now, snow, snow go away!

Winter Wonderland

We woke up to 6 more inches of snow, on top of the 3 inches and a layer of ice we already had. It is beautifully gorgeous, especially with the sunlight just right, but I'm so over winter and snow.  Luckily next week we will get into temperatures that will likely melt it all away.  I'm ready for it!

Icy

This sure has been a doozy of a winter.  The ground has pretty much looked like this since mid-December. I know we are overdue for it given the last two winters that were unseasonably mild, but I'm so over it.  We're just now into February and have had not one, but two, polar vortexes come through - a term I honestly had never even heard of until a couple of months ago.  We have had three snow "events" this week alone and it is almost continuously flurring snow flakes.  It's pretty and all, but I really hate the cold and I am really, really ready for camping weather since we only got to take the new rig out once before having to winterize it.  I don't think I've ever been so ready for spring in my entire life...42 more days...

Is It Spring Yet?

Woke up to some snow falling this morning.  It's pretty, but I'm so ready for spring and summer and the camping it will bring!  So for now I'm enjoying fleece PJ's, hot coffee and some PC gaming until the spring thaw gets here.

Pretty but prefer flip flops

The snow is very pretty, but it's that time of year where I'm over the dreary cold and ready for flip-flop weather!

Hot Tubbin' & Snow - 9/52

Saturday I had five girlfriends over for a "big girl slumber party". We had a fantastic time - we ate good food, played some Wii dance, had a craft session in the craft loft and spent the majority of the evening soaking and chit-chatting in the hot tub.  This is the view from the hot tub in the daylight. I can't wait until the leaves on the trees start coming back.

After our 70 degree day on Friday, this is what we woke up to this morning - boo!  Pretty, but BOO!  But tomorrow is supposed to be in the 60's so that's ok.

Snowy Morning - 6/52

Another Kentucky snowy morning, barely. It was gone an hour later.  We've had very little snow this year and most of our days have been in the 50's.  I'm not complaining a bit!

Birdies - 19/52

Now that snow is covering the ground the bird feeders in the yard have become very popular.  At one point we had about 30 mourning doves on the ground picking up the seeds that the cardinals, blue jays, chickadees and titmouse scattered off of the feeder.

Dove Buffet:

Pretty boy:

Yup, Snow!

Wow, it actually happened!  We got about 4" of snow.  We're now getting a nice layer of ice before the next 4" comes in.  Got out of work at 2:00 today, too!  Happy birthday to me!  :D

The sparkly view from my front porch while waiting for my truck to thaw out this morning:

Got Snow?

Looks like we will after tonight - possibly 10 inches of snow and ice by Tuesday evening for the Kentuckiana area.  I don't know whether to laugh or cry.