Snowmageddon clean-up

This is my new terrarium. Look closely. A few sprinkles of dirt on the table. "Hooper, Down!" has been at it, again. He's not happy with the snow.
I'll have to think about where to put it. I need a wall!


That was a task and a half! We had ~30 cm. The driveway is bare in the middle, but the sides still have ice on it.
Someone went out to feed the deer and turkeys. Said 'someone' slipped on the ice and fell. He was forbidden from doing the driveway. This is some of the ice, prior to the storm.

The deer were in pretty deep.


That was hard work. The end of the driveway was really bad, but the worst are the shoulders that are icy. I couldn't use the brakes to make it turn, as there wasn't traction. Coming back up the berm was sheer ice. I slid on the way down to the highway.


We are fortunate to be in the country, since we have somewhere to put the snow.


In Ottawa, the kids had another snow day. They have a metal roof and the snow falls on the patio. They shoveled a path.

 Ottawa has an app called Touch Plow. They can order in a last minute plowing of their driveway. Many people have regular contractors. Part-time contractors can sign up for odd jobs. 

Contractors sign onto this, and you are charged according to the size of you driveway, and how soon you want it done. From 0 - 4 hours, or a longer time frame. If you are away on vacation, you can order it up. The contractors take a photo of it when they are done!

They cheered when they saw their snowplow!

JB did part of the back deck.

You can hear the birds even as the snow flies! 
snowmageddon from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

After we shoveled, the snow began to fall, again!
Bird feeders from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

There are so many ways to check out driving conditions. Thank goodness for Ontario 511. It was quite a mess, and a lot of places were simply closed.

Buster loved the snow! This is my favourite photo of him. Daisy May loved following me using my snowshoe tracks.

Snowmageddon!!!!

They warned us! Snowstorms in Canada's three largest cities (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal), as well as all of south east Ontario. It's now headed to the maritimes.

Tuesday

This was the driveway prior to the snow. I've cleared the ice off the part behind the garage, where I am standing here, but the rest of it... ICE.


I went to my client's house for a couple of hours, but the snow and the wind began. I hightailed it home.


When I arrived home, Bambi looked sad!


The American sparrows were filling up. It gave a look to the chickadee.


It hit Toronto, on its way here.

30 crashes happening right now in the #freezing rain in the #GTA #OnStorm #SnowDay #WinterStorm https://t.co/OA5heSUClV

— Sgt Kerry Schmidt (@OPP_HSD) February 12, 2019

This is how they plow the major highways. This from City of Toronto, on a 400-series highway.

Wed., Feb. 13

Flights have been cancelled. Many places are closed. In Ottawa, public schools and universities are closed. Crews are frantically clearing snow. Poor Josee had a two-day field trip to an outdoor science school. Her Papa was volunteering, too. (I did a two-week student teaching placement there in 1981!)

Our township office is closed. We'll see how long it takes the birds to clear off the feeders.

We're going to clear out the snow after coffee and breakfast. I don't know how much we have. It looks far better in the sun. The turkeys have hunkered down. There is a bit of a wind, too.

Hungry deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Here is our metre stick! About 53 cm snowcover.

Daisy May is settled into her new home. Her new mom sent a wonderful photo of her sleeping on a plant warming tray, beside an amaryllis. My precious little buddy for 6 years, has a new chapter in her life.