Saturday, February 9, 2013

Snorkel parka!!

when i woke up this morning and (of course) immediately looked outside there was no snow. and it wasnt snowing.... i have to say, i was a bit disappointment (my colleagues too, i found out later...). anyways, we got ready for work. just the morning, as it was already announced that public transport would be suspended in the afternoon. while we got to the lab, some snow started falling, but just tiny flocks....
above you see tim in the jacket we bought him yesterday at the local thriftstore. i guess its aptly named "snorkel parka", hahahahhaha! when we got home in the afternoon there was still not that much snow, and it wasnt much of a storm either. "is it coming, or what?" we were saying to each other....  i guess around 6 the snow started to come down faster, and the wind was picking up too. it got dark, we went to the gym, had dinner, blablablblablbla.... and i guess now we are in the real storm. we went for a "stroll" around our apartment complex around 9.30 this evening.... what a snow!! there was at least a foot of snow, and with the strong winds blowing it into your face.... tim was very happy with his snorkel parka, blocking most of it out! we made a round, and when coming back, all our footsteps had already been erased by more snow.... and while we were just hopping around, having fun, a snowplowing crew was working very hard to remove the snow (i guess if they dont keep up, it will be very hard to remove it all tomorrow). i felt so bad for them, some just boys, and many of them not even wearing a decent jacket..... they were also going through the streets with a huge bulldozer, uilding an enormous mountain of snow right in front of some apartments; when we walked by it was almost up to the second floor! (american second floor, in the netherlands that would be the first floor). im glad we are not living there, everytime they were throwing on more snow i would be afraid the mountain would collapse into our home....
so... im curious how the world will look tomorrow. i hope we wont loose power... according to the news many people did already, and here the lights flicker every now and then.... now its time for to sleep! good night!

6 comments:

GUN said...

You asked for snow many times! Now you have "some"! And a blizzard called Nemo.

biebkriebels said...

Ha,ha, funny photo! Well you got your snow at last. I watched CNN this morning and saw two guys ski in the streets in Boston was very funny to see. Hope you have still power to bake a bread.

Andy said...

Great jacket. It pays to have warm winter clothing. The snow dumped on me before you got it. I pointed the storm towards your home and sent him on his way. Why should I have all the fun?

Tim said...

lovely jacket! but it was an XL so i had to sow the inseam. Now it fits very snug and its superwarm, i think warmer than any jacket i ever had before haha. Today we will be doing some sledding/bogging. i will look forward to pushing cat down a hill at top speed.

hamilton said...

That jacket hood would certainly help with the wind!!

Jack said...

Tim got the right jacket just in time. And, now the two of you have the experience of living through the Great Blizzard of 2013.