Here we are, Pittsburgh's biggest 1-2 day snowfall in 15 years. We were dry as a bone (and 0 degrees Fahrenheit) when I went to bed Saturday night, but as of 4:49 PM today (Sunday) we've gotten 10.5 inches of the white stuff with a couple more inches headed our way tonight and another couple more Monday morning.
This morning after I got up and made my coffee, I was sitting here watching the local news when I heard a really loud engine outside--I figured someone in my neighborhood got a new snowblower. I looked out my kitchen window (above) that looks up California Avenue and saw a snowmobile slowly buzzing it's way up the center of the avenue--with an Avalon Police SUV right on it's tail, lights flashing. Neither one was going faster than 10-15 mph.
Funniest thing I ever saw--I ran back into the living room to grab my phone and take a picture, but they were out of sight when I returned.
Apparently it won't be melting anytime soon either. Temps will remain in the teens for the whole week, with wind chills of 15 to 20 below zero tomorrow & Tuesday. I've got nowhere else to be, and have more than enough in the cupboards (food, coffee, toilet paper, pills) to sustain me for the duration. In fact, this past Friday when they announced Saturday would be dry but too frigid to be outdoors, I huffed it to the store again and bought even more.
So how are things in your neck of the woods? (If you're reading this from Hawaii, don't bother! And if a certain someone from Australia is seeing this, I know you're roasting!)
I wish I'd turned the television off after our local news--I saw the national headlines, and another killing by ICE agents in Minnesota. I've seen various Trumpers online defending the recent slaughter, and I'm just sorry that Minnesota is under siege by Trump's minions. I pray they don't make it to Pittsburgh, let alone Pennsylvania.
Well, I actually have about a dozen other things I'd like to share but I think I'll save them for another day. Here's something a little strange... it's now 5pm and after this morning's snowmobile incident, I haven't seen a SINGLE plow, car, bus, vehicle of ANY type on our street. And I live on the main drag.
I hope everyone out there is safe and warm, and as long as I'm blogging, here's my Sunday dinner. I made real parsley mashed potatoes and my famous oven fried chicken. I also baked a small pineapple butter cake, I wrote about it before on here. You should make one, you won't be sorry. 😋
Thankfully they oversold the storm predictions here. Not that I'm happy but instead of 16", we have about 7" so far, measured with a yardstick out the kitchen window.😀 Your report doesn't vary much from ours. We're all stocked up and just hoping the electric doesn't go out and tomorrow hubby will have to attack our very long driveway with the snowblower. Otherwise we're hunkered down for the duration, been told we will have below zero windchills for up to two weeks. Yuck!
ReplyDeleteYour dinner looks wonderful. We had a yummy JennIe O turkey breast in the crockpot with mashed potatoes and a bag of salad. Avoiding the news, watching football playoffs and doing a jigsaw puzzle (old people fun😂) Hope you are feeling well today. I'm happy to see you posting often even though you're still fighting that dang long covid!
Evening, Dug. 12” so far here in NE Ohio south of Akron. Had a break for 30 mins, now starting up again. Still lotsa radar coming our way. It just keeps piling up. Thankfully no drifting winds. your meal look delicious! I put a turkey breast in the Crock Pot yesterday so I'm good for the frigid days ahead. I think I hope to live long enough to see sanity return and judgement heavy upon this administration and its brutal goons. Otherwise, stay warm, be safe and Keep coffee'd up! Hugs. Kris in Ohio
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