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I think they said it snowed for almost 36 hours straight! Definitely the most snow I’ve seen in the last 10 years. And of course it had to happen on my birthday. Never fails. Since I moved to Virginia, my birthday has endured either snow, dangerous ice storms, or bitter cold.

But what can you do? Nothing but watch the snow fall and try and enjoy the beauty of it.

It started snowing January 22nd, but I apparently didn’t take any pictures that day. I think I was thinking it wasn’t going to amount to much. I was very wrong!

January 23rd – 10:00AM, 1:00PM, 4:00PM, 5:00PM & January 24th 10:00AM

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I had filled the bird feeder before it started snowing really hard and the birds did their best to dig through the snow to get the seeds. I will be picking up a hanging feeder just as soon as I can make my way to the bird store!

Twix looking out at the snow.

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Measured a hair over 13 inches on the deck.

I cleared the feeder and filled it back up before I started tunneling. The blue jays were very grateful.

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Digging my way out.

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Slowly making progress.

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I think this is the first time I’ve spent three straight days in my house due to snow. And I’ll more than likely spend a fourth. Not necessarily because of the snow, but because of the flat tire on my car and I don’t want to call AAA just yet when they are probably hauling cars out of ditches. Good fun!

Not really snow related, but Snickers was rolling around in a sun spot and just looked too cute!

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Drove up to Wintergreen on Sunday on an unseasonably warm February day. After 3 straight days of temperatures hovering around 16 degrees, it suddenly turned 50 degrees! What better thing to do than drive up to the mountains and enjoy some snow. I’ve never skied before, but it was fun to watch other people swish down the trails.

I stopped at an overlook just past the resort.

Then I stopped quickly at the resort to take a look around.

Then headed back down the mountain.

I love taking pictures of old farm houses, and the snow adds such a romantic feel to them.

There isn’t much to do up there, other than ski and drink. There are several micro/craft breweries that have popped up over the years. Craft beers are THE thing now and there were plenty of places to stop! I stopped at Devils Backbone at the bottom of hill at the entrance to Wintergreen resort. I’m not much of a beer drinker, but am slowly acquiring the taste for more than just a lager. I tried the Dark Abby, not bad, but not that great either.

There are wineries, one place that brews (?) hard cider and even a distillery.

There were a few antique and souvenir shops, but some of them looked tightly shut up. I’m not sure if it was because it was winter and they are summer shops, or if it was the recent 12″ of snow.

I liked the pattern the wind made in the snow down this slope.

There is a lot of debate about a natural gas pipeline that would run through many counties in Virginia. Looks like the folks in Wintergreen are against it.