Amanda asked if the snow ever got pretty and if I took photos of it. I managed to take one photo before it all melted. This is my street the morning after all the snow fell.
We ended up with about 2-3 inches and it lasted about a day. Of course I looked out the window this morning and was amazed to see that we'd received more overnight! Less than an inch, but it's all white out there - it's frozen! My thermometer says it's 0 degrees Celsius outside and the radio is saying it's -8 and -9 in some of the towns about an hour from here. And Marvie just emailed me saying that they've got about a foot and half of snow and it's still coming down! Man!
Looks like Winter's being serious this year.
Update: The temp is now a -2 and we have snow falling steadily. At times horizontally like Jay says in the comments. It all really fine though and the sun is shining too, so I don't know if it's going to stick or not.
I crochetted myself some wrist warmers last night - they really really helped with my feelings of warmth. I wore them to bed. :)
It's -3C here with a windchill of -9C. We're going down to -11C tonight, very rare for the valley.
I hate cold weather and snow.
Posted by: J at February 27, 2005 01:07 PMWe woke up to about an inch that actually managed to stick around for more than half an hour. People here are amazed at how much it has snowed this past week - even if it melted almost immediately after landing!
Posted by: ViVi at February 27, 2005 03:24 PMModerate snow is falling here (horizontally). It'll be down there soon, Jinglelady.
Posted by: J at February 27, 2005 03:50 PMOooooh! Pretty :)
Posted by: Amanda at February 27, 2005 04:12 PMWell, it stopped snowing yesterday, but it's so dang thick on the ground it's not going anywhere for a while. Just checked weather.com and it says the temp now is 10F with a wind chill of 0F... I believe it too! I have really never experienced cold like this.... *revises plans to walk to the school this afternoon* On a positive note though, the sun is shining brightly! *plans to sit in the window like the cats all day*
Posted by: Marvie at February 28, 2005 08:03 AMCold wrists? Have you always had this problem? Or do you put warm things on your wrists when you're cold in general to help warm your body? I'm not trying to be funny (well, maybe a little silly, but I'm not making fun) ... i've never heard of wrist warmers before.
Posted by: Amanda at March 1, 2005 06:35 AMHey Amanda - no, I've never had cold wrists. The first I'd heard of them myself was from one of the older ladies I had coffee with in the cafe in Zurich - one of them had a pair (mohair or silk blend, naturally) and was commenting to the other two how they really helped with keeping her hands warm. I've been thinking of them since then and when I saw a couple of ladies mention making them (with patterns) on their crochet blogs, I thought I'd try it. Since it was really really cold this weekend (negative to freezing temps), I actually did it. And they do help keep my hands warm! I'll show pictures on my crochet blog later.
Posted by: Anna at March 1, 2005 11:44 AM