Friday, February 17, 2006, 11:55 pm: Good morning, or rather what’s left of it. I’ve been busy most of the morning using our snowblower. We really haven’t so much snow; about three to four inches, instead freezing rain and sleet have been coming down. The snowblower only threw the snow a few feet, but enough to clear our driveway and path to our house. Our road, which is maintained by the town, is covered in ice and extremely slippery. Our town’s only maintenance/road worker was already down once this morning plowing and sanding the road. I am hoping he’ll be down again soon.

As I am busy typing today’s blog one of our dogs, Sandy, is sitting next to me on “her” folding chair. She’s my outdoor supervisor when it comes to household chores. This crazy dog loves the snow. The more snow the better. In fact she even enjoys the ice. She gets a running start then slides across the ice-covered snow eventually sliding to a stop. Then the cycle repeats itself until she’s exhausted. For her, winter is just another season for fun.

Now I have to dry off. My hair and beard are dripping all over my keyboard. My eyeglasses are fogged. I am a mess!

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 34 degrees (F.)

Barometer: 29.34 and falling rapidly

Humidity: 96%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: < ¼ mile and foggy

Precipitation: currently rain and freezing rain mixed - snowing earlier

Snowfall amount: ca. 4 inches

Since midnight:

Low temp: 14.4 (F.) at 1:42 am

High wind: 10 mph at 9:04 am

-- Sandy --