The Warm Up

I woke up to sunshine today and the sound of ice and snow dripping from the house.  I am thankful for another day of sunshine after the last four days.  We had the snow storm  Friday night that dumped four inches of snow on us and then Saturday night another light snowfall.  Yesterday afternoon we started with snow that turned to sleet and freezing rain then back to snow.  The roads were very icy last night as temperatures fell into the twenties.  I captured a picture this morning from the front window of the ice and snow on the road in front of our house.  Hopefully in the next couple of days it will be gone, as the temperature is suppose to be in the fifties by Thursday.

I am thankful for all the sunny days we have had this winter.  It does help with the winter blues when there is sunshine.  This winter  will be remembered for a long time.  We had approximately 46 inches of snow.  Now that it is warming up outside we are bracing for flooding.  My husband said the roads
were already flooding last evening during the storm.  The rain and melting snow were too much for the sewers to hold.

Laney is sitting on my lap, as I write this post.  She is scared as the house is making all kinds of noises.  I think a big portion of snow and ice has just let go on the roof and I can hear it sliding.  They have warned people to be careful of  ice cycles  and huge hunks of ice falling off  buildings and homes.  People have been injured from ice hitting them. Wow, I just heard another hunk of ice sliding on the roof.  It sounds scary.  I hope there is no damage.

This is going to be an interesting day as the windows are now popping.  Laney is on guard, as every time she hears a noise she jumps.  I hope there is no damage to the house.  We had forty mile hour winds last night and something sounded like it broke loose from the house.  I have not gone out to assess the damage.  I don't think I want to know.  I am thankful we have not had the problems that the people in the southern states have had.  The snow and ice was surely a shock for them.  I hope everyone is safe not mater where they are.  Spring is surely on its way.  I heard birds chirping this morning.  It made me smile.

Life is beautiful in the sunshine !!
Elizabeth