Aftermath - Saturday

As of this morning at 11:54 am, this is what the house still looks like. You can see that the driveway is pretty clean (as is Jane's black car - whereas mine is still snow covered). No path has been attempted to try and get to the front door. This is because the snow is as hard as concrete and no one uses their front door in West Laurel anyway. So, 4 to 5 ft. snow wall surrounds the driveway on all sides.
This is the mailbox. The postman is actually pleased with this solution because at least he can get up to the box.
This is really a photo just for my mom. She asked how road clearing was going. This, mom, is snowcrete. It is an icy, hard, frozen mass that snow plows don't/won't scoop. It is going to be there until it melts because we won't be seeing any more snow plows (that is until the next storm on Tuesday or the proposed biggie next weekend).
This is the shot down the other way from our driveway. As you can see, there is barely a one car width path plowed to get a car through. And heaven help you if you get out of that path. You can't see anything coming at intersections. It is probably best not to be on the roads still. However, so far, we have managed to need to go out three times in the last two days and I have "an appointment" tomorrow at 11 - so we'll go out again.
This is a close up shot of the neighbor's house to our right. This is a rather large icicle that starts at their roof, goes down, at some point bent towards the fence about 4 to 6 inches from the original icicle, is running frozen down the front of the fence AND straight down from the original icicle. I love this!!!
Here is a better "far away" shot of the icicle. Try to ignore the white blotch in the middle of the photo. The camera is getting foggy at this point and I was ready to come in.

And, last but not least, a sad note. The Laurel "unofficial" Christmas Tree had major damage. The official post says that the tree lost 2/3rds of its branches. Regardless of its fate, it is a treasured Laurel icon and its previous grand dame status will be missed.

The Clean Up

Big O' Snow Ball. Stephen found this chunk in front of his car. He went to shovel and couldn't lift the shovel. This is what was stopping him. Snowcrete!

Yet Another Snow Posting - Yes, I know... Stop with the photos already!

No hopes of getting to the front door ANYTIME soon!
Even if we could reach the door, those icicles would keep me away! I do like the Williamsburg Blue door color, though. Jane made an excellent choice when I refinished the door last winter.
Where the street go? Where the street at?
7 INCHES at the carport where drifting is blowing the snow down.
10 INCHES! Non-drifted section of the driveway. Guess what? Still snowing a pretty clip. I bet we get another 2 inches before it is done.

Uhhh OH! And Three Very Nice Bird Photos!

Dripping from the window molding in the kitchen. Dripping at the rate of a drip a second. Darn ice dam.

Early Afternoon Photos - Wednesday

The trees and the power lines are starting to get full and droop.
One killer icicle! Too bad I actually had to go outside to get a photo of it. Gusts of wind knocked me into the brick to my right and I got cut on the brick.
Jane pointed out to me that you know you have a serious wind when the icicles start to bend to the side.
Cars still have snow!
SNOW! Gotta love it!

Jane's Request... Post My Photo!!!

Even kittens love watching snow!

9:08 am - It has started AGAIN.

The news crew is now saying our heaviest snow is about to start. When I look out the window, the snow is blowing heavily. Stephen suggested I take his photo with him standing behind our drift next to the mailbox. You can't even see the box any more. Stephen is 6 ft. 1/4 inch tall. Once again, car shot and icicles.