Showing posts with label Winter in Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter in Reading. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Winter in Suburbia

Although there wasn't much snow left when we got home from Michigan on New Year's Eve, we have had some snow (and colder temperatures that let the snow stick around) for the last week or so. Last night we got about 4 inches of snow from the storm that is burying New England, though that is nothing compared to last winter. Despite the fact that we actually have to shovel this year, it only takes about 20 minutes, which I think is preferable to having to clear frost/ice/snow off of my car every morning. Here are some pictures so that you don't have to drive to PA in the winter to see what it looks like:

Here is our house around noon today when I went out to get the mail. The rest of the pictures were taken from inside the house, since it was cold out and I didn't want the neighbors to think I was spying on them (though I guess I was).

Here is the view from our laundry room over our deck and into the neighbor's yard around 8 this morning.

Looking to the right from the laundry room

The view from our bedroom across the street, where you can see the neighbors shoveling.

Across the street to the right. The plow came by shortly after 7:30, which wasn't too bad considering that our road is only one block long and probably isn't a high priority.

Friday, December 18, 2009

First Snowfall

As noted at the end of our last post, the snow had started to accumulate in our backyard by the time we got home on Saturday the 5th. The snow continued into the night, so this is what we saw when we woke up on Sunday:
The warm temperatures the day before appear to have allowed a lot of the snow to stick to the trees. The amount of snow on the ground is deceiving...

Our apartment building and the trees behind it apparently blocked some of the snow because there was a lot more out front. It looked like we had about 3 inches on the cars.

If you've been paying attention you may recognize this view from such classic posts as Pennsylvanian Sunset and Fall in Reading.

This is the view looking in the other direction. The snow on the trees looked nice and I was glad that there wasn't more of it on the ground. We're still not looking forward to driving on all of these hills in the snow!