Lake Effect Snow

Sorry I haven't had the chance to blog in the last week. I'm afraid that everything we own has been covered by an enormous blanket of the white fluffy stuff. I blame it on the 24 hour christmas station that has an obsession with "Let It Snow."

OH the weather outside is frightful (Yes, not being able to see where the plow buried your car is scary)
...but the fire is so delightful (Yes, candles burning to keep the house warm are fun for a two year old)
and since we've no place to go (That's debatable...I have a million places I"d like to go! I keep getting these fliers in the mail about the great pre-Christmas sales and I CAN'T GET THERE)
let it snow, Let It Snow, LET IT SNOW! (Enough already! It's like a prayer...or a chant...one "Let it snow" isn't enough....let's say it three times just to make sure I get stranded at the post office when I do venture out of the house)

I counted six versions of Let It Snow just this morning.

I think it has been snowing continuously in Duluth since last Wednesday. A weeklong blizzard. We have had three snowstorms come through, followed by blowing snow and sub-zero temperatures, which is just a good ol' Minnesota Winter. However, inbetween these arctic blasts, we've had the privilege of being inundated with the "Lake Effect." People up here kept warning me about the "Lake Effect," but I never put a second thought to it....until today. It's a different kind of snow. It's not your typical December snow with teeny tiny dry flakes. It's more like a March snow, with great big clusters of white coming down relentlessly all day and all night. Except that March snow is usually wet (snowman-style), and this stuff is dry as can be. The closest thing I can think of to compare it to is the fake snow you see in a department store window. Now multiply that by several feet and you have Duluth.

I think they need to start playing that other Christmas song that I only hear once a week on the "all Christmas" station:
"Mel-lik-a-li-ki-ma-ka is the thing to say, on a bright Hawaiian Chrismas Day....."
This is our neighbor's house. I was trying to get our camera to take night pictures...and I obviously mastered that skill.... ha ha ha. This was taken three days ago, since then, the snow has crept up the stairs and is level with their front door.