A snowy evening

[lavendertook]

The woods are lovely, dark and deep . . .



These are the woods beside my building at 9 pm this evening. The snow and pinkish white sky keep the dark at bay on a blustery night.

It started snowing around noon, but not really sticking until 4 pm. I got off work early, met Ostra hanging out around my car in the garage and fed her some tartar treats, then drove out to the Amish market in Annapolis and got some yummies for the snowed in weekend. The drive back from Annapolis was stunning, as the trees and grass were just starting to hold the snow, but the roads were fine. When I went out to clear my car around 8 pm, my car already had 4 or 5 inches on it. We're getting a minimum of 2 feet of snow, and maybe 3 before it ends tomorrow night. I've got purring furry ballast bags strapped to either side of me, so I'm snug for riding it out.

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[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

It's our year to make up for our warm winter last year. That's amazing that we have ya'll beat, though.

Our power went out in the middle of the night until this evening, so I'm very glad to have it back and to put all the candles and flashlights away. I'm going to go out and do a little digging out of the car, now that I know I have warmth to come back to.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

An LJ friend writing from VA to the west (Charlottesville? Fredericksburg?) says they lost power for a while, too, because of the wet snow and sleet mix that's been coating things there. They don't have the snow you're having, though, it sounds like. When I call my mom tomorrow, I'll get her report on how things look outside in her neighbourhood (she lives near Alexandria, VA, a D.C. suburb).

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I know Alexandria well, the downtown area at least. There's a Bilbo Baggins Restaurant there. There's such a weather system split over DC between Virginia and Maryland--it's sometimes like whole different regions. We may be hit with up to a foot more snow than the other side of DC Tuesday night.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

I hope the snow is not that deep. People are going to get worn out having to deal with it. Winter Wonderland it is, but enough is enough. (Speaking of winter wonderland, your icon is beautiful.)

I remember there being a divide in the weather, too. It often was snowier in Maryland than the Virgina suburbs. I wonder if the elevation is higher? It makes a big difference here. It'll snow a few inches down here at the edge of the lake, but three miles up the hill, there'll be two, even three times as much snow. And the difference in elevation is not like the difference between plains and mountains, it's just a hillside. But it's enough to make a big difference.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to not having to dig tomorrow before getting back to it Wednesday. I'm getting to feel like a mighty frontier woman, though. roxicons makes some gorgeous icons.

Yeah, I think that part of VA is lower and on a level with the swamp land DC was built on--Maryland is a little hilly out here. But if you go an hour or so further west and north n VA then you start hitting real mountains, beating the heights we have here in MD, except for our western panhandle going out to West Virginia.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Virgina to the west -- both north and south of D.C. -- is very beautiful. I haven't driven out that way, through the Appalachians, in a long time, and never in winter. Just the thought of it makes me feel *most* un-pioneerish. Nighty-night, Lavender. Sleep warm. :)

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Those roads in the snow are not for those of us with 2 wheel drive.