We were snowed in, again!

This was before the storm!

grounds crew? from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

They haven't been very helpful with clean ups, staring at my storage containers which don't belong there! 

Friday, Jan. 13th

Dawn brought evidence of the snow, and roaming deer. We had 15 cm (6").

The wind blew, gusts scraping snow off of the roof.

First job, the driveway. I waved to the snowplough driver doing his job. Just after I took the photo, I could have given the finger to the Purolator tractor trailer. Driving too fast for road conditions, they totally splashed me with slush as I was struggling with the end of the driveway. I screamed in fright at the surprise and the noise, then cried at the insult of it all. It's no wonder I loathe leaving the house.

snowblower from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Later on, after doing the driveway, I took some photos.

I neglected to put this container in the shed, or further under the tree. The chopped up tree limbs are covered in snow. Whoopsie! I turned them over. 

After I finished doing the driveway, I went around back and shook off the lower tree limbs. Right down the back of my neck.

I was a bit of a mess! Snow everywhere. I had a hot shower and took the rest of the day off! 

Saturday 

I tackled the sidewalk. Snow had blown up on the deck. The kids were coming for 'Christmas.' The sun was out! 

Look at the bird bath:

The deer were cheering me on, I think.

Well, they were only after the candytuft, again, which sleeps under the warm blanket of snow. 

They are a busy crew. 

driveway deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

These are from the back deck. It was a bit of a shovel, as well. 

I dug us out successfully. Saturday the kids came over to celebrate December birthdays and Christmas. They were going to help with the branches, but it was tricky with them buried under the snow. 

Snow Fall at Crumbly Acres – Part 5

Recovery at Snowy Crumbly Acres – Part 1!

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres, Part 2

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres – Part 3

Snow Day at Crumbly Acres – Part 4

Finally, I ventured down to the forest, figuring any branches swaying would be down by now. This is the path down to the frog pond. I shook off the snow, and pulled the branch ends out of frozen clumps of snow. If I don't do that now, the branches will stay that way, bent. (Not my first rodeo!) A total 28 cm we had.

This isn't our first storm: Ice Storm Clean-up Part 4 <= this was from February 2016. The pine at the far end of the meadow is the one above. 

Okay, back to the forest. You can see the left side of the evergreen, branches drooping where the snow hit and stuck.

I came across a tree with its bark chewed. Do you know which critter did this?! 

I figure it has to be the smaller one, the baby porcupine, I spotted in October. 

The two pines, at either end of the meadow, suffered from the storm. This is the other end.

Then, there are the bushes.

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Bombogenesis... it is coming. It is a Colorado Low moving in. We have been warned: 

 Environment Canada issues winter storm watch

Environment Canada calls for up to 15 cm of snow, rain, freezing rain, up to 90 km/h wind gusts.

Snow Day at Crumbly Acres – Part 4

But first, we've a fawn with a broken front right leg. Crumbly Acres, indeed. With 28 cm of snow falling, over two days – Dec. 16/17, it is difficult walking. I think this is Clover's fawn. 

 

Out in Vancouver, the kids took Cluny to a cross country ski race! They are in great shape there. They are a busy bunch and keen skiers. It was -12 C., and B.C. has had a ton of snow. Cluny texted me on Kids Messenger, to let me know where they were: "I'm at the sandman hotel in Squamish, and its been snowing here! " They have great skiing near them, of course. They belong to a club, with great opportunities for families. 

Indoors, Cinnamon is still afraid of the train when it is running, and just approached carefully. 

cinnamon's train from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The snow storm has really taken out our great white pine trees. Here they were, February, 2016, for example. We lost a lot of branches that year.

They took the brunt of the heavy burden of snow. The ends of the branches are frozen into the snow, and I have to cut them up before I can move them.

The poor tree. That hanging branch is the one that fell on me! JB watched from the house. 

These two are still snow covered, despite some warm windy days. Some of it will evaporate, thankfully. 

I'm watching myself underneath the branches. That is a heavy burden of snow.

The second hornet's nest is still up there, under the canopy↓! 

You can see little balls of snow still stuck to the trees. It is pretty in a weird sort of way.

This is what the bucks did in the snow, ate pumpkins!

Buck in snow from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

We've a new storm on the way Thursday. We'll see what happens. 

Recovery at Snowy Crumbly Acres – Part 1!

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres, Part 2

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres – Part 3