Wow. Westchester County and the surrounding areas are buried with snow. There must be 2 feet of the stuff outside in my yard. What's more, the trees are FULL of the stuff, as if it were glued to them. It is creating a scene like none I can recall. Briarcliff Manor DPW has been by plowing the roads all day. They have to be exhausted.
The 15 foot hedge in my back year is now bent over the 5 foot wood pile, completely obscuring it to the naked eye. Do you see any firewood in this photo below? I don't.
Tree branches that were 8 feet above the ground are now touching it.
My neighbor's evergreen limbs could not stand the weight of snow and ice- at least 6 fell to the ground with loud cracks we heard inside our home. They must weigh hundreds of pounds, because our fence us smashed in at least 2 places. Other parts of the fence appear to have "hedges" bordering them that weren't there yesterday. Those are near fallen limbs too.
Still, we are dug out. The cleared out front walk gives perspective.
Hey! If I'm dug out that means I'm open for business. But you can search for homes nice and warm with a free Listingbook account until you are ready to get out and look.
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I really dread the clean-up from this mess come Spring. I know I've lost some hedges. The snow plow plowed up some cobble stones.
Not looking forward to all that work when the weather warms up.
Well, I've lost part of my fence. I can't wait until Spring to fix it either, because 4 kids and 1 dog won't wait that long!
One of the best things about living in a big apartment building is not dealing with the joys of owning a home when there is a snow storm.
Well it may be a real nuisance for you to deal with, but it sure looks pretty (at least from afar, here in California).
My sympathy
Yikes that is a lot of snow. Could not have happened to a better Yankee fan:)
Joshua- given the warm exotic places you post such nice photos of, I have to admit I'm a little jealous.
Bill- this is for you:
Super cool photos, I am sure the little ones are jumping up and down for snowman!
lovely photos and I am so glad that it is your turn in NY this week - we had more than enough snow in DC earlier this month! YEAH - I can actually see my lawn now!
Philip, I should post some photos of what the stuff looks like down here after sitting on the ground for a few weeks! Enjoy it while it's pretty!
Pat- I'll be posting some "Aftermath" photos which aren't pretty. There's some serious damage done, mostly to trees, which is ironic because the scene was so gorgeous initially it was surreal.
I can't believe the soon will be back soon...