Meltdown

When we woke up on Tuesday morning, we still had a lot of snow on the ground. Of course, that depends on the definition of "a lot," but I would say that most of the snow that had fallen on Monday was still out there. We had little to no wind, so snow was still covering most tree branches. Then, gradually, the day warmed up and it began to melt.

Snow was still falling when I took this photo on Monday afternoon. More than an inch had accumulated on the deck railing.

The trees dripped all day, and chunks of snow started falling from them. Big puddles formed on the deck so that I had to go out and push away the snow dams that were preventing the water from draining off. Little rivers formed out in the vineyard as the snow became water and started making its way downhill toward the river.

Tree branches covered in snow, before it began to melt.

This morning the snow is mostly gone, although I can see traces of it in the coldest parts of the back yard, mostly in the shadow of the big hedge along the road. So much for the "blizzard" of January 2016.