Digging out

The snow finally stopped yesterday, later in the afternoon. My husband and son shoveled out our very long driveway but were too worn out to dig out our cars. Normally we don't work on Sunday, which we keep for worship and family, but we didn't have a choice. It couldn't all be done in one effort.

The final total snowfall appears to have been about 2 feet, give or take a half an inch. That was based on measuring various locations around our home, such as the top of the trash can lid and driveway. Nearby areas reported more than that, so I don't know whether my measurement is accurate or not, but it certainly wasn't less than what I measured. It just might have been more. Wading through the snow in the back yard, it was above my husband's knees.

It was a lot of snow, especially for our area. We're supposed to get more snow in a couple of days, too.

When I went out to take pictures yesterday, I realized that our neighbor's tree had fallen over and just missed possibly damaging our home. It fell between the wall of our house and the corner post that holds up our porch roof. The top of the tree is resting on our concrete porch. There was a glob of snow where the tree grazed the porch roof as it fell into the gap. How thankful we are that it fell into the gap instead of directly against the wall of our house.

All in all, we came through the storm pretty well. We're counting our blessings.