Yep, it's snowing

When you see stuff like this, you feel reasurred the sun will eventually knock down these monster snow drifts if the temps don't cooperate such as today. We're in line for up to a foot of snow today and tomorrow, but I don't think we'll get it in our location, unless the temps stay a little lower than they are forecasting. Now the highlands, that's another story, look out Ishpeming. I suggested Brian not to run the gas out of the snowblower, sort of as an insurance so that we DON'T get a big late season storm. We'll see if that strategy works.
I tried knocking down a drift next to our yard fence a couple days ago in attempts to keep the dog from zipping up the drift and over the fence.... I had a heavy shovel and could barely get the thing into it, it was frozen solid. Pretty much explains why the woods and seasonal roads are still impassable, blocked by frozen drifts.

look at all the pretty colors

Our very colorful weather map this morning
Gotta love it. Here we go again. At least the winds are in a favorable direction for us so this storm doesn't bring pounding snows. And, after this round of artic chill, looks like a warmup back into the 30's by week end. That's what's so cool this time of year. Nothing sticks around too long. I must say, it really doesn't seem like March. Anyone else feel that way? I mean, we still have a TON of snow, the cold is relentless, although we've gotten a few sunny days lately to offer a glimmer of hope that yes, there will be a Spring. As I look out my window and see it start to snow again, I don't despair as I know in a few days the sun will shine again and melt these piles down a little more. I've been thinking about taking a ride up to the south shore of the Keweenaw to see what open water on Lake Superior looks like. I've kinda forgotten with ice as far as the eye can see. Maybe this weekend, after this next round of fun passes, I'll do exactly that.
I have a feeling the ice shoves are once again going to be big this year. Here is a pic from a few years back of the huge blue Lake Superior ice on Keweenaw bay- these slabs were 2-3ft thick. Will have to keep an eye out for these monsters, hopefully we get some good breakup by the end of the month.
Lake Superior Blue ice slabs, Keweenaw bay

GroundHog Day already??

I dunno. I guess it's just been such a cold brutal winter,it seems too early for Groundhog Day this year. No suprise here that he saw his shadow.

Well, nothing new here. Forecast is snow tonight, snow tommorrow, snow the next day.
Pictured to the left is what we sometimes get to awaken to after we get a good blasting of snow. Go ahead, laugh, if you are reading this from Florida,Hawaii, or some other blissfully warm vacationland right now. What really sucks is when you forget to put the shovel next to the door, and leave it where that second shovel is pictured, leaning up against the fence in the background. Then it's fight thru knee high, sometimes thigh high snowdrifts to get to the darn shovel. Fun times.