“a little bit of snow Sunday afternoon”
is what it said.
Sunday morning dawned cold and windy (about 19 not counting wind chill) but with a clear blue sky; however, things sounded a bit more ominous when I got in the car to drive to the spot where I was going to take the dog for her morning walk: the news warned there could be up to 8 inches of snow in our area of the state.
Nah… they’re usually wrong. Right?
Yes, they usually are wrong but not this time.
The ice pellets started hitting shortly after the sun went down Sunday, and then the snow started, and we woke up Monday morning to at least a foot of snow. Compared with what has happened in the Northeast and New England in recent weeks, a foot of snow is not such a big deal. I get that, and I am not complaining.
What this is really about is the wonderful young couple that moved into the church next door a few years ago and turned it into their house. We had never before had next-door neighbors and suddenly we did, and they are indeed truly lovely neighbors.
We are blessed.
Monday afternoon the husband took it upon himself to come down our driveway with his little Bobcat machine and cleared the snow up to the concrete pad in front of the garage where we park two of the vehicles. Had he not done that, I am not sure we could have gotten out today even in our small pick-up. I needed to mail my cousin’s birthday present, and most important: Tuesday is “banana Tuesday” at the local market. The price per pound for bananas is just about half the regular price. We both eat a banana a day, so we don’t miss banana Tuesday if we can help it.
My car, which is parked by the back porch is buried and is certainly going nowhere anytime soon.
I am very thankful for having such a good neighbor. Some folks are not so fortunate.
4 comments:
You have more snow than we do, but then again most of country does. Enjoy your snow! I think an arctic blast might be coming your way too...supposed to be -40 Windchill tonight.
You have a nice neighbor!! :)
Nice to hear that
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
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So great to have nice neighbors. That's quite a bit of snow, because as I remember Missouri, ice is usually the issue. We spent lots of time in the Ozarks as a kid, and so enjoyed it there.
Glad to hear about your good neighbor. I was just pondering how older people can manage all of the snow.
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