Mother Nature’s April Fools Joke was no joke this year. She dumped about eight inches of heavy, wet snow on us. It sure was a beautiful scene, but it also caused a lot of damage. Almost three hundred thousand people lost power, there were about four hundred accidents and spin outs, and many events were cancelled.
Thankfully, we had nowhere to go until the snow was off the roads. We enjoyed fresh snow in our yard, maybe for the last time this winter. It is the third snowiest winter on record and we are all happy to have experienced it.
The heavy snow is hard for me to run around in with my short legs, but I do my best. Mom says my leg may heal better with less snow. She may be right but I don’t limp when I come in the house.
Olivia loves it. There is always good sniffing where she is standing as the rabbits go in and out between the fence there.
Nelson is working hard on his form for his first FastCAT runs in May. Building muscle is easy in the heavy, deep snow.
Bailie seems to have had the most fun. She is smiling from one floppy ear to the other while running.
Olivia is smiling too. Winter makes us all happy, even Mom is smiling but you can’t see her 🙂 She said the other day that she already misses all the nice snow we had.
Sniffing is more fun in the winter too if you ask me. At our house, the April Fools Joke was a welcome one, but it did mess up things for a lot of people. We also like to say that a good storm in the spring is a waste of good snow.
One more peek at the beauty…see you again next winter, we hope!
We are joining our friends at Living Laughing and Barking in Our Backyard for their Nature Friday blog hop.
Your snow is so pretty but we’re sorry to hear about all the damage and accidents. Now you can have Easter egg hunts in the snow!
We are now in a warm spell, so a lot of the snow will be gone by Easter with sun and temps 50 and above for a couple days. It was not a nice snow last week, but that is typical for spring.
ooooooh… wow that was a surprise… maybe mother nature confused christmas with easter? … have a good easter weekend anyway….
The snow is melting fast and the rabbits are out all over the place, so Easter should be alright.
S’NO no more … likely, but beautiful while there, and a delight for the pups.
We can get snow into May, but for now temps are getting warm and it is all melting.
It’s amazing how much snow you have had this winter and New York has gotten none. He would have been very unhappy being city dogs in New York this year.
Third snowiest winter on record. I think about 90 inches.
Ah, a Spring snow storm. I remember the one in 1982 that shutdown MLB games across the northeast. I had just gotten home from California the day before. I had laid down for a nap at about 3 in the afternoon, and when I woke up the next morning, there was a blanket of snow all around the house and road! At least I didn’t have to go to work! It was beautiful! Enjoy yours while you can! I wish I could join you! Have a good Good Friday!
It is on the way out now as it is warming up. We could get more, but for now the forecast is for warmer weather.
Mother Nature has a wicked sense of humor…that she shares with Old Man Winter.
Thankful you all could stay home. It is pretty but wet snow is the worst.
Happy Good Friday
Hugs Cecilia
It really messed up a lot of trees and power lines but it was pretty.
That’s sno much fun for you! We are happy that we are finally drying out except for the light rain today! Crazy winter season all over this year.
It has been so weird. We can’t even imagine those places that got 800+ inches of snow!
Great photos! We love Bailie’s smile!!!!! It made us smile
Thank you. I’m a happy camper.
Its sad that something so beautiful can cause such problems.You seem to be having fun though!
Our power lines are mainly underground so we are lucky but we do have to cut off one tree branch as it is broken and hanging there.
We had some white stuff for April Fool’s Day as well, but not as much as you, and it didn’t cause huge problems in our area. We’re so glad you enjoyed yours (the dogs enjoyed ours, the Mom, not so much). Will this truly be the end of it now though? Our temperatures are all over the place from day to day, so I’m not sure!
Up to 70 next week, but we can get snow into May, so we will see what happens.
Oh dear, we can understand that the eight inches of wet April snow was challenging for the humans, but on the plus side, we always love to see you guys galloping around and having fun in the white stuff.
Toodle-oo!
Nobby.
We had a blast in it. Mom loves it too if she is staying home but we do have to cut down a branch that broke from the heavy snow.
Awww ~ sweet photos of you doggies playing in the snow ~
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days ~
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Have a wonderful weekend!
What a bunch of happy pups!! We are glad you got to play in the snow one more time!
We hope it doesn’t get too muddy with the high temps this weekend. Although, mud might be fun too!
xoxo,
Sunny and Rosy
It is already wet and dirty outside. We don’t mind, but Mom doesn’t like it at all.
Y’all sure do enjoy those snow days and that one looks extra special. Love that happy smile sweet Bailie!
We do love our snow, but it will all be gone soon because the weather is going to get warm starting today.
I’m smiling to see all of you so happy, but you can’t see me, either. That’s okay, you are a joy to watch!
We will just imagine you smiling 🙂
Today I am finding it humorous to see snow. We’re supposed to have multiple 70 degree plus days this week and possibly 80. Insane for April!
It is the same here. Single digits a couple days ago and Monday maybe 80! Very weird!
Wet Snow…we like it, Mom does not, because we bring it in on our coats and feet and the mud with it! We come blasting though the doggie door, running and jumping before she catches either of us. Mud galore!
We had a lot of snow in the house as well, but it is the way it is and Mom is tired of fighting with us about it.