Snow. Again!

This has been quite a winter.  I can clearly remember when D and I were considering our move back to Virginia from the Atlanta area.  One of the things we were looking forward to was snow.  Having grown up in the Mid-Atlantic, snow was a normal part of my childhood.  I can still remember waking up in the middle of the night and peeking over at my window.  I didn’t even have to look out the blinds.  I could just tell by the glow.  If it was pink – it was snowing!  I would get up early on snowy days and we’d sit around the kitchen hoping the AM radio station would say we’d be able to stay home.  Now, we get the notices by email, a robo-phone call, and constant streaming of closings and delays on tv.  Kids today have it so easy… :)

I am sitting here right now watching the snow fall for the third time this week.  We had a few inches of powder last Saturday, followed by a few more inches on Tuesday and a day off from school on Wednesday.  Yesterday they called school off at 4pm for today as the predicted “crippling snowstorm” made a beeline for Loudoun County.  They’ve moved to round-the-clock coverage on the local news stations so that they can report on the fact that there are no groceries on the shelves.  The way they’re reporting on this storm, you would forget that we lived through the same thing a month ago.  Big C told me the other day, that he thought it might be ok if we lived somewhere that didn’t have a lot of snowstorms in the winter.  Like maybe the beach.  That’s sounding pretty good to me right now.

I’m sure I’ll have more images to post after the weekend, but I can’t let a whole week go by without posting.   First off, these are a few from last weekend as the snow came down.  I overexposed the first one, but I love the action shot.

These last two are from after the mid-week snow.  Compared to the weekend snow which we swept away with a broom, this stuff was really sticky and made great snowmen.  We got an accessory kit for Christmas, which has really come in handy!

For those of you in our area, stay warm and enjoy the weekend.  If you’re somewhere warm, and thinking of commenting on how nice it is where you are, please don’t rub it in too badly!