What a storm! I haven't seen anything like it in a while. It rained and rained at first, and I doubted the weatherman. We even had mini puddles in the backyard. But then the wind came and the temperature dropped. We had a half inch as I went to bed Sunday. Not bad, I was thinking. So why close the library and school already?
But then I woke up to lots of snow swirling everywhere. And nothing is going anywhere: no traffic at all. And white and more white snow over the ground, over the streets and blowing like crazy. It didn't stop till the afternoon.
Funny thing though, the birds were busy in the backyard eating seeds from the birdfeeders. All except the robins who were fluffed trying to stay warm. They at least at the leftover berries on the crabapple tree.
The remainder left from the storm is surprising to see. With all the drifting, it is hard to determine how many inches of that white stuff. At least it isn't 31inches like a couple hours north of here. Interstate 94 was closed with accidents and people stranded in the daytime over 5 hours or more.
So I have done a little sewing:
And I do have some cross stitch to share. I keep at it each night with my hubby in front of the television. This has been about 2 weeks worth. The leprechaun is from Not Forgotten Farms.
The stitch below is a reprint from the Prairie Schooler.
My nephew had to drive to Beaver Dam today on business and had no trouble getting the motel he is to stay at - he kind of dreaded it but was told it was ok there and off he went. Another nephew had a friend from Milwaukee who had just visited last week with hardly any snow send him a photo of quite a bit. Oh I do remember those snowy days well even though it has been 53 years since I lived there and 8 years since I visited there.
ReplyDeleteI'm, hmm, 50 miles south of you -- we had the rain (some of which ended up in my basement) but about 3" of snow. My neighbor had surgery scheduled in MKE yesterday. She and her husband went up on Sunday morning and stayed in a hotel near the hospital to be sure to stay on the schedule. And it will be 50 by the end of the week! .... Yikes, those Little American blocks are tiny!
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how you did the points on those teeny tiny 3 inch blocks! Much too small for ne to cope with. I do like your leprechaun.
ReplyDeleteYour little green Leprechaun is adorable. Wow, that's a lot of snow. Your pictures are great. Hope it didn't stick around too long, that you got some warm temps and it melted It's been a crazy year weather wise. Yesterday when I tried to visit your page I got virus and danger type warnings. No doubt a blogger gliche of some kind, but thought I'd make you aware of the problem in case others had the same problem and you didn't get as many visitors and comments as usual.
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