Kristina and I had actually given up on the snow ever getting here,
as they kept predicting it, but all we got were flurries that didn't stick.
The barometer kept falling though, and when we woke up Monday morning
(this is mid April) we had a decent amount of snow on the ground!
Here is a view from my walk in to work:
Here is a view of the Thurston Ave Bridge Reconstruction, which
has been the source of many annoying detours. I think it looks cool in the snow.
Unfortunately for them they stopped construction in November, after
which we had record warmth straight through until February. Then when they
re-started construction it got cold and snowy.
The flowers are way behind normal due to the cold. No forsythia yet and
the daffodils look a bit sad:
I thought the snow would stop, but it kept going all day. It was a wet snow
and the trees weren't coping well. Here you can see how deep the snow
was on a fence:
For some reason, the peak snow seemed centered on Ithaca and we got snow all
day even though nearby traditionally snowy places like Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse
had transitioned to rain. Despite all of this, it's supposed to be 65°
on Friday, so it won't last long.
The local birds were smart enough to dig to find bird food on our deck.
Here's a
Junco
digging deep; usually they have gone away by this time of year:
This was a record snow for Ithaca in April. We had been about a foot below
average on snow this year, so I guess this was the weather trying to
even things out. The odd thing is that downtown Ithaca, only a mile or
so away, only got 2" of snow or so. This is probably due to its 600ft
lower elevation.
With Spring coming for real soon, hopefully I'll have more interesting
pictures to post in the near future.
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