Got some snow Friday. Not sure how much as the temps never got down to freezing. Very wet and heavy so it was smooshing down too. but, most likely between 6 and 8 inches.
The poor daffodils that had opened up on Thursday were driven into the ground
I was fortunate in that I had to take the car in for its state inspection. The appointment was at 7:30 and the roads were still just wet both on the way to the dealership and on the way home (I just waited for it and was home shortly after 8). It snowed so fast between 10 and noon that the road started icing up.
The last roof dump shortly after noon
This picture shows how much moisture we had gotten by 3:30.
By the time the snow at the top of the gage melted, along with the rain that followed, we had about 2" of much need moisture.
Here is the snow I still had yesterday at 11:30
It is mostly gone now except for the berms from the roof dumpage and snow shoveling of said dumpage.
Yesterday afternoon I found this poor thing on the way to the mailbox.
It was a very, very pale blue. I don't think it is a robin egg, but I'm no expert. I don't know if it came out of a nest in the rhodies (about 5-7' away), or a bird landed for an emergency egg laying. It wasn't cracked at all. After examining it, I left it there for the local wildlife to clean up.
Wet snow makes lousy snow ice cream, but it makes a lovely scene. First photo: Looks like a maple tree, but the tag isn't in focus so all I can make out is the price.
Glad you beat the slick. Sorry about your daffodils. The great majority of our older planting of daffodils did not bloom, this year - only the bulbs planted in Fall 2019.
They aren't the only birds that lay blue eggs; but robin's or bluebird's eggs may be that color, the size being different, of course. Beautiful color - the color of my first wedding dress (that had actually been purchased and worn to Elder Brother's wedding, giving me multiple wearings.)
Posted by: Cop Car | April 18, 2021 at 06:43 AM
Those are the blooms from the Burgundy Belle Maple - good eye!
After some googling, I think that is a starling egg - light blue, a little smaller than what a robin egg is, and I noticed in comparison pics that robin eggs are a sharper oval than starling eggs. Makes sense, I've had a bunch of starlings hanging around this winter.
Posted by: bogie | April 18, 2021 at 06:59 AM
Too bad about the egg's being from a starling, and that they've been hanging about. At our feeders, we generally have a single starling. That, I don't mind. And, any creature is welcome to water. It's when a starling calls in its 60 closest friends that I object. Why I, of European extraction, should object to invasive species from other continents is an inconsistency that is, I suppose, indefensible; but, I hate starlings, house sparrows, rock pigeons, and the ilk.
P.S. Yes, that egg is really too pale for what I was thinking, isn't it? By the time I wrote my comment the photo was off the screen and my memory for colors is atrocious. Sorry for the misdirection.
Posted by: Cop Car | April 18, 2021 at 09:53 AM
We expect snow on Tuesday, and I hope it will be much less than that in your pictures. I'd like to have my daffodils for a bit longer. The Star Magnolia ia already well past it's prime, so that won't be a loss. I was reading at Blue Witch's blog, and in northern England they are experiencing a drought. It reminded me that it has been some time since we have had a soaking rain, let alone a week of rain. It's noticeable that here in the Midwest, we have become much drier. From the point of view, I envy your weather.
Posted by: Kitty Bennecke | April 18, 2021 at 11:53 AM
We are down about 4" of precipitation for the year - that doesn't include the deficit that carried over from last year. The river 4 blocks away has not had its spring rise. The state drought monitor shows my half of the state at a moderate drought level - which is not good in what should be the end of our wet season (snow melt and spring rains).
Posted by: bogie | April 25, 2021 at 05:53 AM
Forgot to mention I have been in water conservation mode since last summer; toilet is only flushed every second use, birds' water is dumped into potted plants, no fall plants (I usually get cabbages and mums for the front of the house), the bird cages only get scrubbed every other month (usually every month), only 2 loads of laundry a week etc.
Posted by: bogie | April 25, 2021 at 06:06 AM
"If it's pee, let it be." That's my normal routine. When I die, someone is going to think, "My, she wasn't a very clean person." LOL It's good to see that Kitty is out and about.
Posted by: Cop Car | April 25, 2021 at 08:17 AM