Storm Hype and Updates!

[Karen]

Still snowing here, even colder by a whopping 1 degree, and over the course of the day, our bikes, which are resting just outside our sliding glass doors and to right, have beacon e the resting place and sheltered perch and napping spot for no less than 4 mourning doves at a time. Every once in while one will descend to the plates of seed I put out this morning, which the sparrows and juncos have been busily working on, but then back to the bikes!

The wind HAS picked up a bit, so now we are at 10°F(-12C) with a wind chill of -7F(-22C). Funny they have not update the daytime projected high of 24°F it never got anywhere near there, and from the temps to the west of us, doesn't look like it will be going up anytime soon!

[Karen]

Over a foot here, and still falling - to the point where I had to reshovel to get back in the house after doing some shoveling. My car, the Turtle, still has a bit of a snow-hawk, but could drive somewhere if need be, and I got lucky in that there is no car parked next to me, so I had a place to put some of the snow! That's one thing I miss about living out in a more rural area - having a lawn on which to pile snow! Again, there are gusts of wind, so I cannot give you any kind of exact measurement, but at least it never turned to sleet here!

[cassiesmom]

Karen, my dad said that when he looked outside this morning, their balcony rail had a good six inches of snow and the bird feeder looked like it had white frosting on it. The park district golf course offers cross-country skiing in the winter, when there is enough snow- but you have to either have your own skis and gear or arrange your own rental.