If you are a Facebook friend, you might have read my posting on Friday night. Laurel, Dawson and Ashley came to the farm on Thursday afternoon. Laurel and I got up at three on Friday morning to watch the Royal Wedding, a great experience, even if we didn't go all out, dress up with flowery hats and have English tea. After breakfast we enjoyed a trip to Crosby. I even bought a new orange lamp for the living-room to match our thirty year old patchwork hide-a-bed and chair. Who knew that orange would be "in" again! I've talked about replacing that furniture but it's the grandkids favourite place to sleep when they stay overnight so how can I take that away from them, especially when the colour is back in style?
Laurel took a picture of the new modern lamp so I'll post that eventually.
Dawson and Ashley enjoyed playing with the dump trucks in the area that I had just dug up south of the deck. The grass was greening up and I was thinking it would seen need a cut.
When we left Crosby it had started to rain and it kept on most of the afternoon. The wind also was getting stronger. I checked the weather for Ambrose, ND after supper and read "BLIZZARD WARNING!" When I showed this forecast to Laurel, she took it serious, quickly packed up their bags and was off for home in less than 15 minutes! She drove through rain and wind to Weyburn but when she got closer to Milestone the rain had stopped. We were glad when she called before ten to say that she was safely home. They got no snow and Dawson was able to go to a special birthday party in Regina the next day.
Meanwhile, back at our farm, the blizzard became a reality. I got up in the night to find that the clock had stopped at ten to two. We had a power outage along with heavy snow and strong winds, a real spring blizzard. It raged most of the day until late in the afternoon when we could finally see beyond the trees at the edge of the lawn. It was a white world out there! I'll share some pictures with you.
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| Have a seat at our picnic table! |
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| No coffee on the deck this morning! |
The north windows on the house were plastered with snow. It looked like a thick film of cotton batting over them. Tree branches were laden with snow and many branches broke off due to the heavy load.
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| Clumps of snow clung to tree branches. |
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View to the west of the deck.
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On Sunday the sun came out, the temperature rose and the melt began. It will take awhile before these new snow banks disappear!
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| Howard, beside the bank just west of the house. |
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| Tracks into the yard from the south |
Well, I could go on and on about the adventures of our stormy weekend, but since the power is back on I can now wash clothes and do other chores that were put off without power to assist. I'll be back after we go to Weyburn for an appointment and take time to vote today in Torquay. See you later.
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Snow, snow all around!
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