Our weather seems to be very uncommitted right now. Here’s how we started out the day…
Now we have very bright sunshine with blue skies and fluffy clouds. That snow on the deck and yard is all gone!
Until the weather decides whether it will cling to winter or give in to Spring I have Spring treats like these to make me smile.
My days are filled with ticking off things that need to be done on my list before our wedding company starts arriving.
My disappearing Gnomes. Very soon they will be quite visible again as our snow is slowly melting.
My Sounders Soccer Gnome gets special treatment and he has a spot indoors till Spring when Soccer season starts up again.
I’m also considering some little travels for this special guy…
Well I think I’ve had my limit of staying home because of snow. I’m a little stir crazy. We are having some very gusty winds today and that always makes me wonder if we’ll keep our power. If you don’t see me around or hear from me you can conclude that we are in the dark. Hope the lights are shining bright where you are. There’s always the source of light who never loses power and I hope to let His light shine in my heart!
We were just thinking…we should have taken that gazebo cover down before this storm. As the temps rose the snow and ice started melting and we saw the cover sagging. We went out to try to knock the snow off the cover and the cover crashed down on top of us. Sure wish we had footage of that…
Here’s the cover before it’s demise…
Crash!
Well don’t be sad, we’re not. We’ve been planning to replace our gazebo and cover for a year now and this will light the fire under us to decide on it’s replacement. We need something with more cover area. It’s raining steadily now and the snow is slowly melting. All the ice pack on the trees and bushes has melted and the poor plants and trees are relieved that they can stand straight and tall again.
…our power never went out and is still on during this latest tree limb snapping storm! I’m linking up with Susanne at Living to Tell the Story with my favorite blessings of the week!
1. Having all our kids together under our roof for a few days celebrating birthdays and just being together.
2. Dan getting back over Snoqualmie Pass safe and sound before the storms hit. We really have been socked with some snow and ice!
3. Katie and Andrew making it from Seattle to Salt Lake City safely on snowy and icy roads. It took them 2 days to get there. They were so happy whenever they hit some dry miles on the highway.
4. The fact that Dear was able to work from home this week instead of driving the treacherous roads off our hill to the park and ride.
5. So thankful to God for all our kids and kids in law who get along so well and love each other. Priceless!
We are pretty sure we have officially hit the foot mark for our snow levels. This is the most snow we’ve ever experienced at this old house!
I’ll post the rest of my snow shots tomorrow.
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
January is a very significant month of birthdays in our family.
Both of our sons were born in January. Katie’s due date was in January, too, but she decided to come at the end of December. All three of our kids were born on a Friday.
Josh was born on January 19, at 7:34 a.m. weighing in at a solid 10 pounds!
Daniel was born on January 16, at 12:30 P.M. weighing in at 8 pounds 1-1/2 ounces.
Daniel loved to have a Choo Choo Train cake. I even made him one for an adult birthday of his.
Brothers and friends, a wonderful blessing!
Today is also my friend Judy’s birthday from the Mennonite Girls Can Cook. You’ll want to click over there and see the ice storm that hit her area on one of her birthdays past…and wish her a happy birthday. It’s one of those “big” birthdays!
Sunday is my brother Tim’s birthday and next Wednesday is Miss Hope’s 4th birthday. Lots of very special people were born in January!
Dear and I are pretty much snowed in. The snow and icy rain just keep falling here in the Seattle area. We have seriously considered the necessity of having at least one snow worthy vehicle at this old house. Something 4WD with some good traction tires is on my new wish list. Just be forewarned you haven’t seen the last of the snow shots from our little part of the world. Thankfully we still have power and Dear is working from home. Our traveling kids have encountered many slick roads but have navigated well. They have one more treacherous pass to cross today. I’m thankful for the facebook updates and the calls that tell me they are doing just fine.
Hope all is well in your corner of the world!
Just in time for the letter I we got snow and here in Seattle we measure snow in inches! I’m linking up with Jenny our fearless teacher for Alphabe-Thursday.
Here on our hill we got a total of probably 6-8 inches.
Snow is always big big news in the Seattle area. So far this system hasn’t taken out our power so it’s nice to sit inside where it’s cozy and warm and enjoy our new white world. Igloo creating has been the theme in the neighborhood. Snow is very inconvenient in Seattle because of our very steep hills and streets that go up and down the hills. You would never describe the state of Washington as being flat. They are talking about wind coming in so I hope we continue to keep our power.
Our daughter and her husband are headed to Salt Lake City with the car loaded as full as they could pack it. They are going to take it slow and easy stopping along the way if they have to. From Salt Lake City they have to travel all the way to North Carolina. We of course are praying for traveling mercies along their way. I decided to post the photos I took this morning as the kids headed out with an update on our snow pack.
There she is with my snow boots. She was happy that we can wear the same size. She was also happy to have her husbands down coat. Andrew will be putting those chains on and taking them off a few times on this trip. He’ll be a pro by the time they get to Salt Lake City.
We wonder how many hours it will be for them to make it to Eastern Washington over Snoqualmie Pass.
I think in inches we are now at the 8 inch mark.
Have you had your first snow? We aren’t guaranteed snow in the winter in the Seattle area and when it does fall that’s all we talk about! I’m glad I have nowhere to go today…
…the news from the East Coast and hoping for the best for all the people who live there. Praying for all those who will be in the path of Irene. We are paying close attention and our daughter is getting updates from Camp Lejeune, her and Andrew’s home in the near future. Camp Lejeune is on the coast of North Carolina, southeast of Jacksonville.
That said, is anything else happening around the world? Is Irene the only news?
This photo was taken in Ventura, California over a year ago during some high surf activity.
Just had to share and to document the sunniest warmest day in the Northwest so far this year!
Might as well confess that I broke my lawnmower today, too. Not so much the whole thing but I managed to bend the blade so that it needs to be replaced. I would suggest that you do not try to mow a rock!
Tonight while I’m watching Major League Soccer my Canadian cousins will be watching the Stanley Cup Finals. I’ll check to see if the Canucks are ahead at the Sounders halftime. Go Sounders! Go Canucks!
These icicles formed off the edge of our gazebo cover. Some of you might be wondering why we didn’t store our cover in the garage for the winter. I have no idea why we didn’t do that but at this point it might as well stay put.
I know people that live in areas where their winters are harsher then ours have way more impressive icicles. Dear was at the Home Depot this morning because he’s working on yet another project in this old house. It is 20 degrees out there. So when the snow off the hood of his car melted in the Home Depot parking lot it formed icicles on the front end of his car. Sure wish he carried a camera everywhere like I do.
I spotted this cutie in our neighborhood. I’m taking a wild guess and saying a little girl created her!
About that project Dear is working on…it involves moving a gas line so he has the gas shut off right now so our little gas stove and gas fireplace insert are off right now, too. Did I mention it’s 20 degrees out?
What kind of temps and weather are you having today?
Photobucket replaced all my photos with ugly black and grey boxes and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 