Steven Helmer Publications

By taking a photo of this ice forming on some of the taller grass near my house. But, that is the extent of my enjoyment. I'm ready for spring to get here now.

As far as snow goes in general, I can take it or leave it. But, when I walked outside yesterday, Christmas Eve, and looked around at all the grass, I must admit, it felt as though something was missing. So, I was kind of glad to look out my window this morning and see some of the white stuff falling down. So, as I watch the snow fall, I will take a moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas. May it be full of miracles for you.

I drove home at lunch today and couldn't see a block in front of me because of the falling snow. And that wind was horrible! I had to take down my bird feeder when I got home because it was horizontal from the wind and I was afraid it would come loose and shatter my living room window. Then, while I was home, the sun came out. It didn't stop snowing or anything, the sun just decided to come out and brighten it all up. And, now, it's bright and sunny out as though none of the previous weather even happened. I sure hope this doesn't happen tomorrow, when I have to drive up to Green Bay.

We got just enough snow last night to once again cover the ground, sidewalks and streets. But, not enough (apparently) to justify a snow day or even a school delay so it looks like I'll be heading out there in a bit and clearing away the white stuff. Spring can get here any day now. I'm sure those robins we've been seeing are really confused right now.

After spring-like weather the past few days, we had a wicked winter storm last night and all after school activities (along with my daughters' skating and dance classes) were canceled as a result. I woke up this morning thinking there was a good chance the girls would have their first snow day of the school year. But, that doesn't appear to be the case. It looks like the plows have already been out and there's no announcement of any delays or cancellation. Hope the girls aren't too disappointed.

It's would probably be hard to believe it now. However, yesterday at this time, there wasn't a flake of snow on the ground. Now we have about 3 inches and it's still coming down. Looks like shoveling is in my forecast.

Even though my wife and I both cautioned them not to be too optimistic, both of them insisted on going to bed last night thinking they would have a snow day today. This is because the weather has us under a winter advisory with the potential of up to 6 inches of snow. Well, they got out of bed this morning and saw the same thing I saw when I got up, not a single flake of snow on the ground (other than the inch or so we already have). Not only was there no snow day, we may not even get any accumulating snow now. We're still under the advisory but there's a good chance we'll only get snow showers throughout the day. Talk about not having a clue about what kind of weather we should expect.

Every weather report I read yesterday said we were going to get snow on Monday. So, my plan today was to get stuff put away and get the snow blower running (something that should have been done weeks ago but I just haven't had time). Well, when I woke up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, I glanced out the window and saw my grass had turned white. Guess I'll be shoveling snow today and will have to try to get the snow blower running in much colder conditions than I was expecting.