Thursday, February 17, 2011

Going, Going, Gone


We have just experienced over a 100° shift in temperature, from last week to this (-35° in Bartlesville to 70s° all over the area). Between February 1st and 9th we saw 20+ inches of snow fall, shutting schools down for 10 full days! Now it is practically flip-flop weather. I even had to run my A/C for a bit today (I think it got up to about 78°!). I am ready for spring, but you never know, we could have more snow in March. That's Oklahoma for ya'!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Daylight!

My gnome has been covered in snow for the last 13 days. I bet he's glad for the 65ยบ temperature today. :)

Friday, February 11, 2011

Our Mountain

With all this snow, we shoveled a lot of it into a big pile. We then hollowed it out to be a little igloo for the kids. Our temperatures are warming up now, so I'm curious how quickly it will melt. I'm taking one picture at about the same time each day to track the progress. (This one is day 2.) That dark stuff is some dead leaves that were mixed in with the snow. Now that the snow is melting, they are showing through, making our pile ugly. Oh well, in a couple days it will probably be black snow. When it's gone, I will post all the pictures in one post.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Day 10 - Blizzard 2011

Last year's snapdragon's sticking up from a snowdrift. This will all be a memory after this weekend, as we are expecting to hit the high 60s. Last night was about -5. Weird weather!

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Day 6 - Blizzard 2011

Okay, I cheated today--this picture was actually taken yesterday, but I liked it so much, I just had to fit it in here somewhere. I don't know if we'll get out to play today. It's cloudy and dreary. We might get more snow today and possibly on Wednesday.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Sold Out

This is what the store shelves look like during a blizzard. It makes people go nuts. They buy everything they see. I was fortunate to get most of the things on my list tonight. Hopefully the next time I get to the store, it will be back to normal. Who knows. There is another chance of snow on Sunday.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011