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First snow of the season.  IN OCTOBER!

73/365 March 14, 2011

If you look close enough, you can see snowflakes.  Today a few flurries came down in the afternoon.  One of my students said, "Hey everyone it's a snowstorm!"  The response?  A collective groooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.  

We want warm spring weather!

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So many people are complaining about all the snow we have.  But I'm glad not everyone is being a scrooge. Take a look at this snowman taking a nap!

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More snowshoeing.  This time we ventured across the frozen reservoir.  Awesome day with awesome people.  Thank you to the great out doors!

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Taking down the Christmas tree is always a sad day for me.  Andy and I managed to take our tree down last weekend.  Yet it still hasn't been picked up for disposal.  I hate that... disposal.  It seems that this time of year the streets of Somerville are a graveyard of Christmas trees.  It is a sad reminder to me that the Christmas season (my favorite!) is over.  And we have the new year ahead.  11 months til we get a new tree.

There are a few trees stuck into snowbanks on our street right now.  We've had so much snow lately that I'm pretty sure the priority is plowed streets, not Christmas Tree pickup.  

Anyway, after this last storm from last night our tree, and the couple other trees on our street are covered delightfully in snow.  It is like a third little life for our tree.  Growing up on the farm, coming to our house, and now finding a little home in a snowbank of our street.  

I've only left the house once today... it was a snowday.  I went down to our local gym The Training Room for a specially scheduled snow day spin class.  It is a very short little walk, maybe a block.  Along my little snowy walk I noticed the snow falling on our trees.  And it made me smile.

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Giant Snowballs!!!  I was amazed and so were my students!  I wish that you could see better in the video how big the snowflakes were.  The size of snowballs, lacy and all stuck together.  Very cool.

Snow Shoeing 15/365

We snow shoed at the Fells today.  Along "Molly Spring Road".  It was a beautiful day.

We saw this tree "eating" the no trespassing sign.  I wonder how many years it has been up there.

SNOW!!! 12/365 January 12, 2011

Today was a blizzard!  We got lots of snow... at least a foot.  I spent the day shoveling, writing report cards, and walking around the city.  Rebecca and I walked though the streets of Somerville to see the winter wonderland.

    

It was quite a storm with very heavy wet snow.  There was lots of wind too.  We saw more than a few scenes like this:

There were several trees knocked over on cars.  I'm afraid there was probably some significant damage.  Despite seeing the damage to some cars, most people seemed pretty jovial.  I love walking around after a snow storm.  It is really when you get a chance to talk to your neighbors.  People in the city are 10 times more friendly when it snows.  Everyone is shoveling, avoiding the plows, and giving each other space to pass while walking on snow crowded sidewalks.  People actually smile.  People actually say hello.  

Bec and I finished our walk by heading up to the Prospect Hill Monument.  It is actually where the first American flag ever flew.  It was dark by then and we had a beautiful view of the snowy city.  There were kids sledding down the steep steps of the monument.  We cringed as they slid down.  Expecting to hear cries of pain from broken legs being slammed into the wall, we heard shouts of laughter as the kids enjoyed every moment.

 

I hope you all enjoyed the snow as much as I did.