Comments on: Home Alone for the Big One of ’09 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/seasons/home-alone-for-the-big-one-of-09/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: rigel morgan http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/seasons/home-alone-for-the-big-one-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-5549 rigel morgan Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:02:37 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=1783#comment-5549 Sorry your honey isn't able to spend the day with you Fred. Glad I read your post today - you reminded me that I have gaiters and they were not out in the garage with the other camping gear they were with my Sorel snow boots in a box in the closet. My snow shovel was right outside the door - the side door where the drifted snow made it impossible to open the storm door so I had to use the front door. Found that the gate latch to the side porch was frozen solid and slogged thru thigh high drifts in little garden patch to reach the show shovel. On to the garage to get feed for the horses and goat and then a long slow trek, shoveling as I went, to get down to the barn. The horses watched me and voiced their displeasure at my slow pace. I was envious of how easily those long legged critters ran through even the deepest drifts out in the pasture as they headed in to eat. By the time I headed back up to the house my earlier footprints had been almost completely filled in by the wind blown snow. The shovel is now on the covered front porch with the firewood. Give Tsuga an extra treat for me. Rigel Sorry your honey isn’t able to spend the day with you Fred. Glad I read your post today – you reminded me that I have gaiters and they were not out in the garage with the other camping gear they were with my Sorel snow boots in a box in the closet. My snow shovel was right outside the door – the side door where the drifted snow made it impossible to open the storm door so I had to use the front door. Found that the gate latch to the side porch was frozen solid and slogged thru thigh high drifts in little garden patch to reach the show shovel. On to the garage to get feed for the horses and goat and then a long slow trek, shoveling as I went, to get down to the barn. The horses watched me and voiced their displeasure at my slow pace. I was envious of how easily those long legged critters ran through even the deepest drifts out in the pasture as they headed in to eat.

By the time I headed back up to the house my earlier footprints had been almost completely filled in by the wind blown snow. The shovel is now on the covered front porch with the firewood.

Give Tsuga an extra treat for me.

Rigel

]]> By: MARK http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/seasons/home-alone-for-the-big-one-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-5548 MARK Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:41:12 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=1783#comment-5548 YEP, SNOWED HERE IN GREENSBORO ALSO. BEAUTIFUL WHITE STUFF, THE TREES ARE BEAUTIFUL, ESPECIALLY AS THE SUN HITS THEM. NO POWER, BUT WE HAVE GAS LOGS, AND GAS WATER HEATER. BURN A FEW CANDLES FOR LIGHT, AND WE HAD IT MADE. HAD NOT CLEANED THAT MUCH SNOW OFF MY CAR IN QUITE SOME TIME. BROUGHT THE WIFE INTO WORK ALSO. KID IS VERY EXCITED SCHOOL IS CLOSED... TAKE CARE MARK YEP, SNOWED HERE IN GREENSBORO ALSO. BEAUTIFUL WHITE STUFF, THE TREES ARE BEAUTIFUL, ESPECIALLY AS THE SUN HITS THEM.

NO POWER, BUT WE HAVE GAS LOGS, AND GAS WATER HEATER. BURN A FEW CANDLES FOR LIGHT, AND WE HAD IT MADE.

HAD NOT CLEANED THAT MUCH SNOW OFF MY CAR IN QUITE SOME TIME. BROUGHT THE WIFE INTO WORK ALSO.

KID IS VERY EXCITED SCHOOL IS CLOSED…

TAKE CARE

MARK

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/seasons/home-alone-for-the-big-one-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-5547 Stephanie Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:25:47 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=1783#comment-5547 You are lucky, though! Here in Chattanooga, it went all around us!! We wanted some snow! Take pictures and post them so that I can see what the snow looks like! Stay warm and dry. You are lucky, though! Here in Chattanooga, it went all around us!! We wanted some snow!

Take pictures and post them so that I can see what the snow looks like! Stay warm and dry.

]]> By: Jane http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/seasons/home-alone-for-the-big-one-of-09/comment-page-1/#comment-5546 Jane Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:53:20 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/?p=1783#comment-5546 Here in northcentral Pennsylvania, we're supposed to miss this storm but as I look out, the snow is swirling, the wind is howling and I can't see the hill behind the house. Stay warm! Here in northcentral Pennsylvania, we’re supposed to miss this storm but as I look out, the snow is swirling, the wind is howling and I can’t see the hill behind the house. Stay warm!

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