For awhile it looked like we could get well over a foot of snow, so just<\/em> getting 9\u201d seems like a bit of a letdown. It was still plenty to have to move this morning. Fortunately the snowblower worked after not being started for over two years. It took about an hour to get the driveway and walk cleared off. I\u2019m not sure if that was too much for the machine or the snow was different across the street, but when I took it over to help clear our retired neighbors\u2019 much larger driveway, it refused to move any of their snow.<\/p>\n In our backyard the snow of the past three weeks has made it nearly impossible to see where the pool transitions to deck and vice-versa. A crew has been building a pool house for us and that project has been frozen – literally – for two weeks because of the cold weather. They have piles of materials that are buried in the fresh snow.<\/p>\n Somehow, for as cold as it has been here the last two weeks, we\u2019ve missed the worst of this cold spell. I know I have readers in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska who have had much colder temperatures than we have. Tomorrow morning our low is supposed to be 0, which will be our lowest low of the year. We\u2019ve had lots of days in the high teens and 20s, but none of the air temps below zero so many of you have experienced.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been crazy reading about the weather in Texas, especially. I have a few friends down there who have been sharing their experiences. A couple have been out breaking up ice in their pools, because Texas pools don\u2019t have covers or heaters. One friend lost power for most of yesterday and her home was down to 48 degrees when service was restored. And the whole rolling blackout thing that several states are going through blows my mind. I\u2019ve never heard of those in the winter before. Nutty times.<\/p>\n The good news is that the sun is out, and its warmth is making the areas where snow has been cleared melt completely to reveal the concrete\/asphalt underneath. I think that means it is officially pothole season! The forecast says it may actually get into the 40s early next week. It\u2019s probably too much to hope for, but perhaps these past three weeks have been our winter of 2021 and more moderate days are ahead.<\/p>\n![\"IMG](\"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_3098-1.jpeg\" "\\"IMG_3098.jpeg\\"")
<\/p>\n