Well we are headed into day three of massive snow. There hasn’t been any new snow since day one but it has been so cold that only the direct sun is melting any. Yesterday’s low recorded temp here at Talbot was -7C°.
You can see just how sticky the snow was, it stuck to my chimnea all the way down the sides and actually created a pretty substantial obtuse, top-hat effect on the top.
Indeed there was enough snow for a proper Ariel. Bop-Op and I were glad to oblige but we had an reluctant enemy in the loose, cold, dry snow.
Some of the details are hard to see and some of them here are far too obvious but we did it and Abby was extremely happy.
So happy in fact that she decided whilst we were half-way through, that we were doing a good enough job that she would go in early and enjoy some cocoa.
You guys are doing a great job. I will come back and check it out when you are done.
This is what she got.
Before we got that far however, Abby and I laid siege behind the mound of snow that was to become Ariel. When Bop-Op arrived we were ready.
Finally, I was entranced with the way the snow was held in the Magnolia tree in the front yard. Here is one of the better shots I got of that. Observing the way snow lays on objects has always interested me but I have yet to capture the essence of what fascinates me.
blief 
