Blizzard of 2009

We got 21 inches of snow in less than 24 hours! So everyone I know in the Great Lakes and Northeast is laughing at that amount but it's enough to stop Baltimore for a day or two. Luckily we usually only have a couple of light snows each winter, but every 7-8 years we get dumped on. The last time it happened it was my first winter here. I wondered what I had gotten myself into by moving out here. But I have to admit it's fun to have everything stopped for a while so we get to enjoy the quiet and beauty that snow brings to the world in winter.

A few hours into the start of the storm.

Accumulation of a day's worth of snow ... and still coming

This is our driveway that Tom shoveled twice that day - you'd never know.

Good thing he loves the snow!

The Big Dig Out - Day 2

Tom in the snow before the dig out.

I think the amount on the trash can is the most telling of how much we got.

You never pay attention to how long your driveway is until you have to shovel it!

I thought the texture of the snow was so cool in the morning in the front yard.

The wind whipped the snow in to a strange pattern on the porch roof.

Since the weather stayed cool the snow stayed put and we had the first White Christmas in a while.