Snow Again

 The fact that I haven't been in the Studio lately comes down to another snow storm, our second one of the season.  The good news is that this time there was no ice, just snow.  The bad news was that there was a lot of snow, over 2 feet in some towns around here, and it seemed that way around here.  Hard to say, as once again we had a lot of wind.  We had just started to see grass again after the last storm, and then this one arrived.  The biggest problem is where to put all the shoveled snow.   The street itself is fine, but I still had to cut through about 8 feet of plowed up snow to join the front walk to it.  Some neighbors helped with the driveway, which I appreciated, but that still left me a whole lot to do.  

We had another snow last night, but less than an inch.  So this morning was just scraping it up and cleaning the cars again.  Lately, with the cars all done and the upper part of the driveway now clear, I've been concentrating on clearing some of the pile of snow in the street.  Not easy, as the street side snow bank is about 4 feet tall.  Below you can see what I have been dealing with, taking it back about a foot at a time.  Less than 2 feet remain to get to the grass, but we can now at least temporarily park there.

That yardstick is 3 feet of course, so you can see this pile is about 4 feet high.  My usual procedure is to push the top back to further in the yard, then chop more off the front and throw it all over the top of the snow bank.  By the way, the phone number on that yard stick has no area code, and the number is Castle 3-3464.  It's a pretty old yard stick.  

More snow is predicted for this coming weekend.  I think I may get out tomorrow, and if I do, I may bring some blocks home from the Studio to work on in case I get stuck at home.