This week one of the anchors from Good Morning America was in Finland. She said that they have winter from October to April. How interesting! That’s exactly how long we have winter here in Minnesota too. Scandinavians settled here because it reminded them of home.
On that note I wanted to share photos of our blizzard this week. It snowed all day Monday, then on Tuesday that continued along with 40 mph winds. Blizzards are cozy when you don’t have to go anywhere & have plenty of food.
Our porch is almost 3 feet off the ground & the drift engulfed our steps.
We received almost a foot of snow in two days. We generally get a good storm in March. Last year the last one was in April.
It’s warm when it snows. Well relatively speaking. Thirty degrees is warm! Then on Wednesday the temp dropped to minus fifteen. I went out to take photos for you without a hat on. BIG mistake! My husband’s new snowblower takes a 90 inch cut. The snow was a foot thick so he only took a half pass at a time.
The view from behind (while my ears froze).
Our driveway thru the woods was passable by truck. I miss making tracks in new snow when I would go to work. It was always enjoyable to know when to accelerate & when to slow down to avoid ummm getting stuck.
Winter doesn’t bother me, but I’m looking forward to the snow melting in a month or so. Spring is my favorite season when my flowers come back to life.
Connie,
Beautifully white snow and adorable home – Yet when you want a winter break you can always visit us over here on the left coast in Sausalito.
As a Dane by heritage, with many family members come from Denmark via Mn And N. Dakota I kept heading west until i arrived at the Pacific ocean for college, went to work as a journalist all over Europe as a back-up reporter for the WSJ (littled news happened in Denmakr so I had to beg my boss for the opportunity to work there on a soft feature “trend” story so i could see my “homeland” as an adult.
I want to know more about that snowblower. One of those could make my life a lot easier.
Hey Shawn,
(Nice to meet you here! We’ve been talking on Twitter for a long time.)
The snowblowers are Erskine Snowblowers & are manufactured here locally. They have 2 types: This is a rear pull where you drive over the snow. The other you back into the snow (most common type).
they have a website here:
http://www.erskineattachments.com/attachments/snow_blower_rear_pull/index.cfm