Patty, we have not had a single drop of rain so far in January. Your rain has not made it this far north, and the NW rains have been held off from coming south by a high pressure area. Nothing predicted through the weekend, so looks like this January will be, or tie with, the driest on record. If it stays like this, we are in deep doo doo.

Thanks for all the updates Lainey.

 

Nice to have a water view, Lainey. And the fence gives that photo an interesting depth perspective.

 

Thanks for posting the cold, snowy pics, Lainey. The lightship in one of your pictures is a remnant of the past. Before modern navigational aids such as LORAN and GPS, these ships were anchored in offshore areas to act as floating lighthouses. They were especially critical in areas of shoaling (such as Cape Hatteras) to keep ships from running aground. We have a restored lightship here in Lewes, Delaware, the Overfalls. One day I'm going to tour it!

Edit: here's more than you ever wanted to know about the history of lightships.

 

Morris,
send your fedex account number and it's on it's way. We've got plenty.

 

You folks in the east can keep it. Although cold here (woke to 11*) its been nice & sunny. I've been able to walk the dog the past few days in tennis shoes as the roads are generally bone dry. Yards have snow that's been there for a couple weeks and just to cold to melt. The sky every day lately has been a painters delight - just as blue as can be with just a few clouds. I hear we are to get a blast tomorrow but I'm hoping it will be like NYC's - talk about several feet and get 5".

Nice pictures Lainey. Hopefully, I won't have to take any.

 

If you run out of inventory,just let me know,we have plenty.

 

There is a LOT of fussing/complaining going on with the plowing job. Our neighborhood doesn't look much better but at least very few vehicles are parked on the street.

Rumor years ago was that they had to keep the plow blades at a certain height to avoid man hole covers, etc.

 

Thanks, Deb. Thanks all. Hopefully, this will be our only blizzard of the season!

 

The Evening news showed what the storm did to Nantucket. The folks that were interviewed have my utmost respect for their steel resolve and determination to get through this event. A close knit community that braved those elements and showed unbelievable courage.

 

Marshfield MA

Very hard hit!