Wanna see snow? I can show you snow...

[fajrdrako]

It has been snowing here a lot lately. Today was the first day after a huge snowfall; but it might be said to be the first day after a series of huge snowfalls that have been going on for four months now.

It's pretty, but we're tired of it.

Might as well show you the prettiness, though.

Pictures all taken during the past week:

Monday: it snowed.

1. Man walks dog. This was taken at the bus stop as I was on my way to work. It was snowing fairly heavily - but falling snow doesn't show up well in photos.




2. The trees by Patterson Creek. Pretty any time of year.




Tuesday: It stopped snowing... for a while.

3. The corner of Bank St. and Third Avenue, where I get off the bus coming home. There was sunlight. A novelty.




4. A house on Third Avenue: this place amused me. A tiny house, hiding behind its own snowbanks.




5. This is a typical Ottawa view of a typical Ottawa activity: A snowy street, with someone shovelling their drive.




Today: after the deluge...

6. They didn't plough my end of Third Avenue today, and the heavy snowfall over the past few days, and the heavy wind, created deep drifts right across the road. The white car you see here belongs to someone who thought he could drive through the last 30 feet or so to Queen Elizabeth Drive. He was wrong. Four people were digging and pushing the car, stuck in its own ruts, when I went out for my walk. When I came back forty minutes later... nothing had changed, and the car hadn't budged an inch.

When I thought to look out the window a few hours later and see if it was still there, it had gone.

Anyway, this photo is taken in the middle of the street - notice the complete absence of anything resembling a street. Or sidewalk. Or the usual parked cars.




7. The only ploughed road in my vicinity was Queen Elizabeth Drive, the major NCC parkway that goes along the west side of the Rideau Canal. Queen Elizabeth Drive is now bordered by snowbanks about 5' high. Beyond them? Snow and more snow.

Not much traffic, unsurprisingly.




Tomorrow things should be back to normal. Winter normal.

Comments

[gypsylady.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Purty!

I can say it because we rarely get snow here so I can admire snow from a distance. I do feel sorry for anyone who has to shovel out.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

This is so random but if you know where I can find this movie, please let me know -

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4o-RYmQrftI

It has Moliere, Lully, and Louis XIV in one. I must own! :)

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

Winter normal? Waiting only 20 minutes for a bus, instead of 45? Trudging through three inches of snow, instead of six? Seeing the roads beautifully clear and the sidewalks either unplowed or barricaded by five feet of snow, so I can't actually get to them?

Cynical about car-loving and pedestrian-hating Ottawa? Who, me?

[gillo]

Do people tend to have sets of special tyres for winter?

It certainly looks beautiful, and the child in me yearsfor so much snow, but I can see it must get old very quickly indeed.

[wanderinunicorn.livejournal.com]

How beautiful, we haven't here any snow this winter, last winter as well. I miss a winter landscape so much. Now we have about 14C plus and there is no chance for snow.
BTW: I've just ordered "Das Königsspiel" on the amazon - a German version, an used one, because they haven't a new. I've read some revievs - there are 6 volumes and only three of them have been translated into German. Now I'm waiting, I should get it soon.

[scarlettgirl.livejournal.com]

That is *a lot* of snow. Damn.

[mommimus-prime.livejournal.com]

We haven't been plowed yet, either. Tom got stuck in the snow taking the kids to school this morning. It's terrible and that's only two feet of the white stuff.

[creativeelf.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! Thats a lot of snow! We had lots but its alllllll melted now! *finally!* We are supposed to get 60;s this week! I am sorry you have to deal with all that snow. *pours hot water all over it*

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Snow! ... I saw all of three snowflakes this whole winter. Well. Maybe five. And pictures. Which are pretty, by the way.

[josanpq.livejournal.com]

And according to JJ : there's more on the way Tuesday night (which began as 2 or so cms and has now worked its way up to 5 or so). PLUS another less comfirmed rumour says another storm and some 40 cms this coming weekend.

J'en ai assez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Is this normal???

I've seen ski areas with less snow.

Er, can't quite figure out why anyone would want to live with this... [she says, ducking and running]

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

Snow is ever so much prettier when it falls on someone else's streets and walkways.