Every winter is different in our area. This morning the temperature was down to 2 degrees, the same that it was on January 7. But today it is already warming up to melt the snow (about 36 at 2:30 p.m.) and forecast to reach 60 degrees this Saturday. These warm-ups (and a woodstove) make these extreme cold spells somewhat tolerable.
Last Sunday, I took this photo just before I turn on our road, about a mile from our house. I always love the changing views of our hollow (valley) and Big Walker Mountain. As you can see, we haven't had any deep snows this year.
One of these light snow storms was on January 21 where I ventured down our driveway with Kookie before the snow started melting. We just seem to miss the big ones that have pummeled the northeast. I am not complaining though!
I am already looking at seed catalogs and thinking about an early spring garden.
