Nemo ... the morning after

The sun is shining.  With all the snow, it is incredibly bright.  Cold.  David decided to shovel our driveway last night, feeling that with passing time the drifting snow would harden and be harder to move.  I joined him after an hour or so and we managed to clear the 4-5 foot drifts behind my truck so we can get to the road.  Of course, David's car began being mostly buried and there was no where to put the snow we shoveled except behind his car.  So...

I was able to take Ella for our regular walk this morning down to the coast.  It was interesting to me to see that the harbor waters have ice.  If the water has iced up before, I didn't realize it.  Perhaps because we went out a little later than usual this morning (not sure the exact time, perhaps 6:45 - the sun was above the horizon), there was more light than usual.  Anyway, here's a photo I took:

I also took a photo of a house down near the shore that shows how the drifting show reached up mid-way on the front door.  I empathize with the morning of shoveling they have in front of them (oh, they probably hire someone to do it for them!)

Finally on the way home, I took this last photo.  The people in this house have had a couple of small snow blowers for sale for some time, apparently without takers, as can be seen in this shot:

I'm on my way out to help David with a little more shoveling.  He wants to widen the shoveled area at the end of the driveway to make turning in and out to/from the street easier (right now there are 7-8 foot banks of snow blocking the view and the shoveled area is very narrow, like a long tunnel).  I am going to shovel a narrow path from the shoveled driveway through the huge pile of snow that accumulated from our shoveling to let the fuel oil delivery man get to the pipes on the side of the house for the next fuel oil delivery.  We just had a delivery, so we shouldn't need one for another month.  But if these huge piles of snow freeze in the rain and sleet that they are predicting this week, they will be impossible to shovel.

I hope all are safe and warm, and those who lost power see it restored very soon.

Peace.