Friday 24 February 2023

⛄ Snow Day on Crumbly Acres 🌨

You can see how the Great Lakes moderates the temperatures, with ice rain. Here in Eastern Ontario, we had only snow. The red shows where the ice rain fell. Toronto, and the Golden Horseshoe, were a mess. There was 1" coatings of ice here and there.


You can see where the ice and ice rain impacted Southwestern Ontario. Some 29,000 without power. This morning, 13,000 remain awaiting their Hydro to come back. School busses were cancelled Thursday, but things were cleaned up for today.

Let's set the scene. Feb. 21st, all was readied. We had a bit of snow, 3 cm. All I did was the sidewalk, knowing the next day's snowstorm was coming.
 

This is how far the cats went Thursday morning, Feb. 23rd! Just on the front deck, just off the doormat, no further. It is cold, too. This morning it is -14 degrees C.


What does a retiree do on the morning after a storm? Bide her time. Watch the weather radar, figure out when it was done snowing, and get on with it. I took some indoor photos while I waited. Setting the zoom on the tripod we enjoyed the morn. JB is watching curling, while I did my thing.

An American tree sparrow and two chickadees!

At one point we had 4 male cardinals around the feeder. Yesterday, there were two pairs. 

I love the morning doves! Queen of the castle, for a moment!


This is an image that shows how the birds are paired up. The male in front, while the female was in the chestnut tree, just to the left of the male. I tried so hard to get them together!

I like action photos! 

One starling. 

The fuzzy fawn was hoping for bird seed!

This was a bit of a fight. I noticed them going after my candytuft plants. They remember they are there, and dug down in the snow to trim them! 

Ears back, the dominant one gives a warning, while the submissive one eases off. That's how they roll!





Look at its face!

Eventually I gathered myself up, shovelled the back deck, the sidewalk, and used the blower on the driveway. We had 8 cm, not too much, dispatched forthwith. Ta da!

Oregano visited prior to the storm!

14 comments:

Tom said...

...we are enjoying an icy day here at Crumbly Acres South.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
...meanwhile, by The Hutch, you'd be forgiven for thinking spring had sprung... YAM xx

Anvilcloud said...

I didn't hit us as hard as it could have, but the kids still got their day off. You had animals and your camera to keep you occupied and happy.

CanadianGardenJoy said...

Hi Jenn .. love seeing those beautiful male Cardinals .. all of the birds and wildlife are so fascinating to watch .. we had some snow too and COLD .. winter isn't done with us yet. I wonder what was behind those glowing eyes in the video ? I was hoping to see a Lynx ! LOL

DUTA said...

Lovely photos, as usual!
I suppose people will have to find alternatives to electric power in order to minimize the incovenience of power outages. Climate dictates our life, and it doesn't seem to get better or easier.

Christine said...

Spring can't get here soon enough!

Barbara Rogers said...

Don't you wonder what Oregano thinks when he triggers that big light to come on? He surely notices it...but seems to just keep on his walk! Goodness that ice/snow was pretty bad to knock out so much power for so many people. In a way our strange warm temperatues just make me feel anxious that we'll be baking this summer.

RedPat said...

I'm glad that Oregano is still around.

Cloudia said...

Brrrr

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

You kept yourself quite busy during the aftermath of the storm. I love all your critters. Amazing about the hierarchy with the deer and their memory for where the best plants are.

Olga said...

Great maontage!

Red said...

Snow keeps some retired people very busy. The lakes make for some complicated weather.

Divers and Sundry said...

We tend more towards ice than snow, and not much of that. The bird seed draws a grateful crowd :)

Far Side of Fifty said...

The Cardinals are so very pretty!