The wind howled long and loud last night. For once I wasn't chilled and tossed in my very soul. Maybe it's because we have shingles that stay on now. In fact, hearing the wind (and having to close the bathroom door because the fan let a breeze in from the attic) brought about a deep gratitude. I am so grateful for heat in our home. Even if neither the pellet stove nor propane furnace have any avenue into the bathrooms. We will not run out of pellets this year, I hope. We have food in the pantry and in the freezers. Sometimes it seems like we don't have "anything to eat," but that is falsehood. We're just picky. We have electricity, and long johns, DSL and seed catalogs and yarn to help us through these days. We are cozied up. Hubby is cozied up too. For the first time in our married life, he is here with us each day. Work has cut him (and the other service guys) down to 2 days per week, and we are going through the intrigues of 'unemployment insurance.' The experience has been a new one, for sure, and we're trying to transition into using this temporary lull for good. In any case, God is good, and his provision is sufficient.
For the second time since living in this house (the first was our first winter, four years ago - and was the first weekend that February), the wind and snow have served up a beautiful but challenging landscape. The 600 feet or so of driveway nearest the house is bordered along the west side by a fence. The other side of that fence has tall grass and weeds, and then a second fence, running parallel about 10-15 feet away. West of that fence is... an empty field. This makes a unique problem. The wind blows from the west. Blows a lot. The wind picks up the powder, blows it towards our driveway, and in the lee of the tall weeds and fences, drops the snow. The driveway becomes a miniature, frozen dune-scape. A few feet to the east side of the driveway, the snow is ankle-deep... but also dotted with things like vehicle carcasses and the neighbor's well. So the only impassable land is the only avenue out...
For the second time since living in this house (the first was our first winter, four years ago - and was the first weekend that February), the wind and snow have served up a beautiful but challenging landscape. The 600 feet or so of driveway nearest the house is bordered along the west side by a fence. The other side of that fence has tall grass and weeds, and then a second fence, running parallel about 10-15 feet away. West of that fence is... an empty field. This makes a unique problem. The wind blows from the west. Blows a lot. The wind picks up the powder, blows it towards our driveway, and in the lee of the tall weeds and fences, drops the snow. The driveway becomes a miniature, frozen dune-scape. A few feet to the east side of the driveway, the snow is ankle-deep... but also dotted with things like vehicle carcasses and the neighbor's well. So the only impassable land is the only avenue out...
Here I'm looking south, from near the house:
The driveway is to the left of the fenceline, and the right of the post and stump...
Looking north up the driveway. Drifts cover the fence in the left foreground:
4 comments:
Oooh! SNOW! What a contrast, we're in short sleeves today... I would actually love to see some snow!
We had to use 'unemployment insurance' for a while also. I had to pray for help on dealing with that one! God actually had a plan all along, b/c son #2 had over $500,000 worth of medical bills! Medicaid paid them all. So, I was grateful for all those years of paying taxes, at least a little bit thankful! I also knew we would "get off" of the help as soon as hubby's workload picked back up. A lot of other people can't claim that. So hang in there and enjoy your time with your Man!
How pretty!! It's 78 degrees here today and I feel like pulling out the summer clothes! I'm sure it will get chilly again though.
yeah, it was close to 80 here today, too. it does look pretty. :) almost like the dunes on the beach in northern florida and the panhandle. it even looks like there's sea grass. maybe if you focus on that while you're cooped up, it won't be so bad? and i agree, electricity, longjohns, dsl, seed catalogues, and yarn are the essentials. i wouldn't want to be stuck without them.
what is it your husband does? God is good, all the time. :)
My folks have taken a vacation.. they flew to Dallas tx, got their shmancy convertible and are driving to the FL keys; I called and they had the top down, going down FL's west coast in 80 degrees. Amazing. Hubby does fix these things and others like them. He also does other stuff associated with them (putting in pipe, pouring slabs, lots of electrical stuff). Obviously, the weather isn't cooperating these days.
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