I awoke to an unexpected snow fall on Sunday morning and was I in heaven! I screamed so loudly and jumped up and down and snapped some photos of the gently falling snowflakes. What a serene scene....
I caught the tail end of my weekly soccer game with neighbors...this time in the snow (me kicking off!) and then we gathered for hot cider at Martha and Bernie's cozy apartment afterwards...steps across the hall from my apartment. I have a lot of fun with these neighbors. See photo of the puppy pile that happened before I arrived!
I knew snow fall was on the way, but I didn't know if it would arrive as early as Sunday morning. The weather reports predicted weather dipping into the 20s and teens! When it arrived, it continued to fall... all day and started sticking and piling up. Sidewalks even iced over and I managed to skid at least a couple of times in my car...I finally admitted that I had no idea what I was doing driving in snow! Good god.
Portland Public Schools closed their doors today...those must have been some excited kids. Families towed sleds behind them down the streets, people threw snow balls at each other and slid in their shoes across the icy roads. Something about these kinds of conditions brings out the inner child in people and I love that.
A headline from today:
Get ready for Round Two and Round Three.
Forecasters say another blast of snow is set to arrive Wednesday morning. The heaviest is expected to fall into Thursday morning from west to east along the Columbia River.
By late Thursday, another surge of Arctic air will drop temperatures into the teens with highs in the 20s for the weekend, said Charles Dalton, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Portland.
