Snow and ice continue to slam Portland and the Columbia River Valley. Rynn missed three days of school last week and it looks as though church is going to be canceled again this Sunday, largely due to the layer of ice that covered several inches of snow last night making the roads impassable. This is NOT typical Portland weather. Our newspaper said it well,"As the week sloshed to an end, Portlanders were officially making the transition from winter-wonderland-take-cute-photos-with-the-kids to enough already-when-can -we-get-back-to-the-rain griping. For Portlanders, snowfall is an unexpected delight, a sudden dose of magic, a Currier & Ives style evocation of all things wintry and quaint. Until it starts to melt. And refreeze. And then keeps hanging tiresomely around, mooshing into crinkly frozen chunks or terrifying ice-slicks of doom..."- Kristi Turnquist, THE OREGONIAN
Eleanor opts for some indoor play with some new flubber and playdough we made.
...while Rynn builds ice castles in the backyard.
Snow drifts pile around my car.
Jason shovels the sidewalk getting some much needed activity after a week of snow storms following a week of knee surgery rest.
The ice storm which blew in last night left the trees looking especially pretty with a layer of ice coating their branches...just watch out walking under the tall older ones! Those branches are sharp!
Jason tries to de-ice the car in hopes that we will have church tonight...not looking too likely. We may be looking at a white Christmas! I hope Nana can make it in!
After the sun set, we decided it was time to head home, so Jason pulled the girls home in his kayak. And I do believe that today is the winter's solstice- the longest night of the year. So, tomorrow, we can look forward to our days getting a bit longer. Yeah!
Eleanor opts for some indoor play with some new flubber and playdough we made.
...while Rynn builds ice castles in the backyard.
Snow drifts pile around my car.
Jason shovels the sidewalk getting some much needed activity after a week of snow storms following a week of knee surgery rest.
The ice storm which blew in last night left the trees looking especially pretty with a layer of ice coating their branches...just watch out walking under the tall older ones! Those branches are sharp!
Jason tries to de-ice the car in hopes that we will have church tonight...not looking too likely. We may be looking at a white Christmas! I hope Nana can make it in!9pm update: No church...instead, we walked to our neighbor Anna's house for some warm soup and 'igloo' building. Below...Anna and the girls 'warming up' in their igloo.
After the sun set, we decided it was time to head home, so Jason pulled the girls home in his kayak. And I do believe that today is the winter's solstice- the longest night of the year. So, tomorrow, we can look forward to our days getting a bit longer. Yeah!
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