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Old Dec 19, 2009, 05:40 AM
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It snowed! I've been up all night because my sleep schedule is all screwed up. But it snowed while I was watching TV! I'm always excited for the first snow.

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Old Dec 19, 2009, 06:21 AM
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It snowed here last night too!
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 06:26 AM
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To look out and see a blanket of white is a time of mixed emotions for me. There is the beauty of the scene. Too, winter is a harder time for me.

Nonetheless, I still marvel at Mother Nature. Walking in the still of a winter's night lit by a full moon with the only sound being the crunching of your feet is awesome.

And when Mother Nature unleashes the wind and snow during a blizzard I am quickly reminded of how fragile man is.
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 06:37 AM
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I am wishing for snow I just keep forgettinq to wish where I want it.
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 08:54 AM
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I want my snow to fall in the front garden not the back or the roads as I hate driving in it.
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 09:20 AM
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About six inches here already, still snowing, and the storm warning expires tomorrow morning!
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 09:29 AM
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The snow here is the good packing type, makes great snowballs. But it also is very slick on the driveway. Fell twice trying to see if my newspaper came yet. Wonder if I could train my cat to fetch the paper?
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 10:15 AM
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Its the same system, we just got the tip of it here, to our west ("The Triad") it snowed around 6 inches
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 12:03 PM
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It snowed

Beautiful to look at From INSIDE
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 12:38 PM
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It snowed

Beautiful to look at From INSIDE
Agree on that!
That's bout how much snow is here...maybe a bit more...give or take.

Took my dot for a walk in it the other day (her first real experience in snow), she had a ball...or, I should say, I received all the balls that she couldn't help but to continue throwing at me. Good thing her aim needs great attendance for improvement.... Making a snowman with her was priceless.

I've so gotta take her inner tubing. Skiing is out of the question, as I've never figured out how to remain upright on those things without sliding backwards....lol.
Iceskating on the local lake is a must...still haveta wait another month for it to completely freeze over to where it's safe. Nothing like ice skating on a real lake....seeing the fish beneath the ice..the crackle of the ice while skating..quite the experience.

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Old Dec 19, 2009, 12:48 PM
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Then I used to walk the mile to university every morning in the dark in Kansas, there were those times in the winter when it snowed and it stayed around for a few days. When the sun came out in the day, it would make icycles hanging from eaves and tree branches, etc.

One of the streets I would cross on my walk every morning was called Jewell Street. The street sign always had tiny icycles hanging from it, glistening in the light from the street lamp. I always smiled (behind the muffler tightly wrapped around my mouth and nose) because the sign did look like a glistening jewel in the light of the lamp.
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 01:23 PM
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.the crackle of the ice while skating..quite the experience.
Uh. Yeah.
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 09:46 PM
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Here just a bit north of Pachy...

Right now, 21 inches of snow on the ground and 17 degrees with the wind chill!
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Old Dec 19, 2009, 10:30 PM
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wow! Everybody got snow for the holidays except.....sigh.....those of us in good ole S.C. We got rain and lots of it.......Today though, we got sunshine! Yahoo!!! It isn't snow, but it beats rain.
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Old Dec 20, 2009, 06:33 AM
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16 inches (~ 40 cm) here, the most ever recorded (by the white man) for a December in this area:

It snowed
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Old Dec 20, 2009, 03:50 PM
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Uh. Yeah.
LOL..Pachy~
I'm too aware the dangers of "skating on thin ice". Why I have to wait til next month for the ice to thicken to where it is safe.
Lake skating offers the atmosphere that rink skating doesn't, and the crackle is common to hear while sliding over it...much like walking in the snow. There is a drag to lake skating tho...If it freezes over while a wind is present, it maintains the lil ripples in the ice...hard to skate on smoothly...lol.

What's best is when skating on the open lake and there is a breeze present, to hold up a sheet of cardboard to form a sail and..whooooosh..away you go. FUN!

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