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Winter storm Nemo has come and gone now. (sidenote: is it necessary to name winter storms? and silly names at that?) We ended up with about 15 inches on the ground on Saturday and it was so pretty! Very few people were out and about and it was very calm and quiet. Those that were out probably had urgent business because for sure no one would be driving unless it was absolutely necessary. Here are some pictures to give you a sense of the snow we got. Not as much as in the NYC to Boston corridor, but enough to make it a “good” snowstorm.

The little crabapple is almost completely covered!

Look! No footprints . . . and no driveway clearing either!

The Heritage birch is heavily weighted to the ground. Thank heavens it is such a flexible tree!

And late in the afternoon, glimpses of blue sky bring promises of the return of the sun.

I understand some folks lost power in this storm. We did not, but kept warm and cozy inside. How did you fare?

In the last few weeks, we have had temperatures up into the sixties, down into the teens, and everywhere in between. But NO SNOW! Well, today that all changed and the big, fat, heavy, wet flakes are coming down fast and furious. A snowpocalypse is coming – well, not really. We are having snow, yes, but really, it isn’t much different than any other winter snow storm. We are expected to get maybe 8-12 inches although the NYC to Boston corridor may get up to 3 feet. We did get out and shovel the driveway so we could go to the store to get some milk that we were almost out of, but we’re from the Southern Tier where “this ain’t nuttin’, bub!” Hopefully, the snow will stick around a while since I am looking forward to getting out and doing a little skiing.

Some pictures from today – the first two are cell phone pics taken while coming back from the store, the next three taken during a break in the snow this afternoon, and the last one was taken at 7 PM using the night mode on my camera to show how far the birch tree was bent to the ground.

What are your guesses? How much snow will we get? Will my nephew Patrick be out plowing all night long?