We woke up to 5 inches of snow.* I know because I went far enough out to stick a ruler in the snow on top of an outdoor trash can. It's sleeting now, and it supposed to keep doing that until about 1 and then snow until early evening.
It's been so long since we've had real snow here. Georg has a rule of thumb that he takes the lowest snow estimate, divides it in half, and that's how much snow he expects. I guess I was thinking the same way because I was amazed to see more than a couple of inches, regardless of the predictions.
Besides measuring the snow, I also went out long enough to toss some bird seed on the ground. I splurged yesterday and bought a bag of premium "nut and fruit" birdseed. I probably wouldn't have bought it if the price had been marked, but what the heck, it was my birthday! I can buy one bag of super expensive birdseed if I want to. This morning the birds looked so sad, trying to find seed on the snow, so I tossed several handfuls of the seed on the ground under the feeder. It has a strong dried fruit smell. I hope the birdies like it.
*I almost titled this post a dirty joke about the relative merits of 5 inches, but decided against it.
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