2023 52 Card Project: Week 8: Hunker
Feb. 24th, 2023 01:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrSo: a big multi-day snow storm expected this week. One to two feet of snow, they said. My employer's building was closed for a couple days, schools and businesses were closed, and the governor declared a weather emergency. I shopped for groceries, made a big batch of lentil soup and another of vegan lasagne, and I made sure the buckets of traction grit were filled.
In the end, the predicted two feet of snow dwindled to around 13" in my neighborhood. Not as big a blowout as they predicted, but within the top 25 storms in history in the Twin Cities (Eric, on the other hand, got 20" in his neck of the woods). I did one tiring round of shoveling, but a kind neighbor came through with a snow blower for the second round. I've been cuddled up on my couch in fuzzy pajamas with tea, candles, soup, and blankets. It's been rather nice to hunker down.
Peter Mayer's song "Real Good Storm has been running through my head all week.
I do like this one. I'm pleased with the effect of the frame, made by taking and cropping a picture of my Yak Trax tracks in the snow. I had to wear them over my boots as I shoveled, as my driveway and sidewalk were caked with ice. It made shoveling treacherous.
Image description: Within a frame of Yak Trax in the snow, the collage looks out on a blue-tinged snowy street (the view out Peg's front door). Superimposed over the scene are a pair of yellow snow shovels, handles crossed. Over that are newspaper headlines (top to bottom): "Hunkered down for storm," "epic snowstorm," "Storm fell short of fears," and "Metro braces for snowfall."
Hunker
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In the end, the predicted two feet of snow dwindled to around 13" in my neighborhood. Not as big a blowout as they predicted, but within the top 25 storms in history in the Twin Cities (Eric, on the other hand, got 20" in his neck of the woods). I did one tiring round of shoveling, but a kind neighbor came through with a snow blower for the second round. I've been cuddled up on my couch in fuzzy pajamas with tea, candles, soup, and blankets. It's been rather nice to hunker down.
Peter Mayer's song "Real Good Storm has been running through my head all week.
I do like this one. I'm pleased with the effect of the frame, made by taking and cropping a picture of my Yak Trax tracks in the snow. I had to wear them over my boots as I shoveled, as my driveway and sidewalk were caked with ice. It made shoveling treacherous.
Image description: Within a frame of Yak Trax in the snow, the collage looks out on a blue-tinged snowy street (the view out Peg's front door). Superimposed over the scene are a pair of yellow snow shovels, handles crossed. Over that are newspaper headlines (top to bottom): "Hunkered down for storm," "epic snowstorm," "Storm fell short of fears," and "Metro braces for snowfall."
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Date: 2023-02-24 08:27 pm (UTC)Also glad to find out what all the tracks I've been seeing in the snow are. I knew they were some kind of ice cleat arrangement, but not what. I use Stabilicers, and they leave two imprints of six little holes, so the entire stretch of snow seems about to be put in a gigantic oven and made into shortbread.
P.
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Date: 2023-02-26 01:37 am (UTC)Glad you've stayed safe and cozy.
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Date: 2023-02-26 03:58 am (UTC)