Monday, March 3, 2008

Some winter pictures


We have had one of the snowiest winters on record. Of course this happens the first year in VT we are responsible for snow removal and Bill N. is too stubborn or cheap to buy a snowblower. We use muscles, not motors here. Anyway, enjoy some pictures we collected this winter.
Here is Junior coming up the back steps on the sled (Senior watches). Yes, this the same back door that is about 4' off the ground without snow.

Here she is all the way in.


Here Bill N. pulls Senior toward the back woods. We have a hill into the forest that is a terrifying ride down (all trees, all terror). Senior loves it, Junior likes it, Bill N. believes "danger is fun most times" and Jen M. wishes she wasn't home when we do it. The snow is really deep. Years in Buffalo do not compare to what we are seeing this year.



Here Bill N. tows one of the many loads of floor tiles and installation materials up into the house. Our Saturn VUE humped it all from the store in Burlington to our house. After dragging multiple loads around the back of the house into the dining/kitchen, Bill N. weighed a box. All told, the VUE and Bill N. hauled just over 1,000 pounds of tile and installation material. That's heavy.




Here is a picture of one snowfall on our front porch railing. Just one of many snowfalls.





Here Bill N. and the giant hand pull snow off the roof. The neighbor's roof is snow-free because the homeowner climbs on their roof and shovels it.






More snow removal from the roof.

3 comments:

JenM said...

I want to know why I wasn't mentioned in the list of who participated in moving the 1/2 ton of tiles? I believe, maybe in my own mind, I carried each box into the dining room and stacked them.....

Anonymous said...

I predict this will be your first and last year of not having a snow blower.

Bill N. said...

1. Yes, Jenm carried the boxes horizontally from the top of the stair across the dining room. Billn only carried them up from grade level, through hundreds of feet snowy ground and up the stairs.

2. If you Bank-Yasko would start eating meat, global warming would take care of my snow issue.