The snow we had on Thursday is long gone. Little remnants can be seen here and there in the shady spots, but for all intents and purposes, it's gone. Snow has become rare in these parts over the twenty-plus years that we've lived here. I remember that we had a dusting on New Year's Day in 2004, our first winter here. And, in late November 2010, we had about six inches in one storm.
In our first winters here, there was usually some snow accumulation, an inch or a few, that lasted for a few days or less, mostly in February and/or March. But we've certainly had fewer of that kind of snow event in recent years. I doubt that twenty years of dwindling snow accumulation in our part of the world qualifies as evidence of climate change. It's more likely just part of the normal cycle of things. Whatever it is, I welcome a little snow now and then to remind us of the season. As long as I don't have to drive in it.
I didn’t realize snow was so rare for you. It does look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDriving up your hill will be difficult if you had a lot of snow.
ReplyDeleteI remember it snowing Paris like it did the other day... just about the same amount... one day during our year there. It was probably a December day. I had gone to the Louvre for the afternoon (which I did regularly... it was free for us under-21 students!), and came out pretty late in the afternoon, because it was already dusk, and it had been snowing for a little while. I'm sure we only got a 1/2 inch, but I remember it well...lots of traffic, glistening, wet snow coming down all around. (That was the year when there was a big problem with icing around New Years, I think... I remember that lots of planes were grounded in London and Paris and in the U.S.... tough times for holiday travel.)
ReplyDeleteI always hoped for some snow like this in November to make me feel good about the pending holidays.
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