Before & After

While this composition should probably be titled "Before & During" I wanted to picture the depth of the storm's snow deposits by opening the front door and snapping a photo. The photo on the left was taken on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 9:39 am. The storm warnings had been in effect for more than a day and blizzard warnings were posted for 5 pm that day. The Thumb had howling winds all day; the snow started late in the evening.

The photo on the right was taken the next morning, during the storm, on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 9:44 am. Drifts had been forming all night. Notice that snow now covers the lower rails of the fence just beyond the cedars. The Dortmund roses that are named for my sisters grow along this fence and now have more than adequate covering for the winter.

Most of us in the Thumb were snowed in for all of Wednesday and into Thursday. There is so much snow now that when the winds pick up the roads drift over. Then driving is sort of like being in a small motorboat and hitting wave after wave as your car hits drift after drift along a country road.