Snow!

We had our first snow fall in Washington on Wednesday 5 December 2007. There was just the odd flake falling when I went out to get the paper at 6am. This steadily increased until we had fairly constant snow falling through out the day. It was probably 10pm by the time it stopped.

Not much settled in the city, other than on trees, garden beds, etc. We had about 4 inches settle at home. It was very dry, powdery and soft. Although the kids and I managed a snow fight, it wasn't even possible to get it to stick together in a snowball. Liv did manage a little snowman.

Thursday and Friday saw ice on the sidewalks which made walking around a bit difficult. We also found that the kids were supposed to wear snow boots to school when snow was on the ground. Kieren had to stand with some of the other boys who didn't have snow boots on Friday morning instead of playing. He seems to have had just as much fun and wasn't too traumatised! Saturday morning saw us out Rockville getting everyone equipped for snow if we see it again. We were all set for keeping everyone dry and warm but hadn't allowed for snow. No wonder we're spending so much money here!

Photos of the snow around home are online here.

Malcolm