Arrrgh!!!

This morning, I headed off to exercise on my own. Elegante Mother is a little under the weather, and wanted to stay home out of the rather inclement weather. I didn't blame her. We had winds so high I was do-si-doing with garbage cans as I drove down the street. I think some of the residents are going to have to travel to the next county to find their garbage cans!

It was windy all day, with periods of higher gusts. It began to "rain" snow in early afternoon. When the wind died for a bit, the snow looked more like fog. There wasn't much accumulated snow, probably less than an inch. Unfortunately, we didn't have any melt-off today We have ponds of melt water in the swales along the road that are freezing, but they didn't get any larger.

Our driveway is a MESS! We have an old gravel drive that needs to be reconditioned, that is 220 feet just to the edge of the house. There's probably another 100 feet from that point north. Dear Husband had that accident almost two months ago, and the front of his truck was damaged. It wasn't damaged enough to keep him from driving, but he couldn't use the snow plow, so ice and snow have built up on the driveway. THIS WEEK they called to say the parts are in, and they've had the truck hostage all week. It's a very strange way to do business: making the owner of a brand new truck wait two months for parts and repairs!

At any rate, I think we are going to have to wait for all this ice to melt. I doubt the snowplow will be able to do anything with it. So, we very carefully drive the ruts down the drive, and wait until all the traffic has passed, both ways, before trying to get onto the road. I didn't think I'd ever say it, but I'd be happy to see Spring!