What a winter we are having. The weather forecast said we would get some snow last night but it sounded like it would be just rain mixed with some snow and then turning to snow by late today. Instead we woke up to 3 1/2 inches of very wet heavy snow. It stopped but the news says it will start again in the afternoon and through the night. I wonder how much we will get? We briefly lost our power this morning so I hope it won’t be a lot more to make trees and power lines heavy. What we have now is the heavy wet stuff. I thought I would do a blog post this morning in case we loose power later. We do have the generator but hubby is working today and I don’t know if I would be able to get it started – it has a pull cord on it and I am not good at those!
The last time I measured the snow I used one of my sewing rulers that is a little confusing and not clear and concise. I pulled out a different one (wavy edge) and it has the numbers marked really well. Just a tad over 3 1/2 inches right now.
Our winter wonderland
and another view
Of course this isn’t anything like what everyone out on the east coast got on Saturday. One of my sisters and one brother live in Northern Maryland about 15 miles apart. They had a whopping 30 to 36 inches. Saturday was my sister Vicki’s birthday – here she is in the snow in front of their house.
Luckily a neighbor has a snowplow and cleared their driveway and here it is all piled up in the front yard! A birthday to remember! (Vicki in front of her house)
Thank you all for your comments on the border of my quilt that I posted yesterday. I have gotten started on the applique and though it will take awhile to complete I am having fun doing it. I will need to make time this month to get busy on this months assignment for the Star Crazy quilt. I have my instructions printed out and now to figure out what colors from my scraps to use and get busy making what they say needs to be done this month.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:30 am
it can be deceptive. Picture perfect but a b**** to clear up.
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February 8th, 2010 at 10:39 am
We didn’t get much overnight, but it’s really coming down now! What a winter, indeed!
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February 8th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Oh brrr~ your sister looks chilly! I hope they don’t warm up too fast and end up with flooding! :-/ Have a happy week!
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February 8th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Holy Snow! I hope you can stay warm. I am new to blogging and not sure about etiquette with posts. But I just wanted to say my mom’s name is Karen Fae, so pretty. I had to read you comment several times to figure-out that it wasn’t her, small wonderful world. Thank you for your encouragement with my baby Jane.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
We have 8-12″ predicted for the area starting tonight into Wed. morning but I think we might be on the south end of the heavy stuff. I think you are going to get some of this storm too.
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February 8th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Laurel I have never heard of anyone else spelling Fae the same way as mine is spelled. I only use my middle name for on the computer for sign in stuff as there are always so many Karen’s but none with the same middle name — or so I thought!!
Our snow keeps on coming and we are up to 4 1/2 inches now!
February 8th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Your applique border is coming up nicely, it looks so cheerful =)
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February 8th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Gads! It looks like Vermont there! And we can actually see grass peeking out here and there. I am worried that Winter is saving up to deliver a Really Big One before spring.
Marianne
February 8th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
That is a lot of snow your sister had, wow!! But another wow, how did I miss your last two posts. The border is just gorgeous on your quilt!! I am so excited for you. This quilt is a winner. I can’t wait to see it all finished.
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February 8th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Your applique border is a perfect frame for your quilt – and it will be SEW much fun to stitch. It’s always nice to have a project at that stage where you can simply sit and stitch and enjoy!
Your snow is headed east – we’ve been dumped on so many days this year I’ve lost track of the inches, beginning with 18″ on Dec. 18. Our ground has been white for way too long. Oh well.
Happy sewing.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:34 am
My goodness, Karen . . . you’re getting waaay too much of the white stuff!
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February 9th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Snow is very pretty, but I don’t envy you having to shovel the stuff. Thank goodness your sis had a neighbor with a blower, 3 feet of snow is NOT fun to shovel out.
Crispy
February 9th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Wow, that’s one heck of a lot of snow Karen!
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February 11th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
what a beautiful white photos!! i never been in a place with snow, it must be soo cold!
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