Bluebird In Snow
Well, our snowstorm did materialize. When we awoke this morning there was about 2 inches of snow on the ground. It was a wet, heavy snow and as the day continued so did the snow, up to an inch an hour at some points. We heard the trees and limbs start to fall mid-morning, sounding like cracks of gun fire as they fell to the ground, their leaves draped with snow. We went out earlier and tried to shake the snow off the limbs of the trees around the house, but despite our best intentions the first tree hit the house at about 11. A glancing blow that rattled the windows, the tree somehow missed all the electrical wires as it fell against the covered front porch.
As we worked to clear snow from the tree limbs, it became clear we were no match for the accumulating snow. I called 911 at one point to find out if they could send someone with a ladder to help us prevent one of the trees, leaning precariously, from falling on the house. A two-man crew from Mt. Weather stopped by but said they couldn’t help, and the snow was so bad at that point that their four-wheel drive truck got suck in our driveway. They managed to winch their way out by hooking the truck to a tree.
Stuck
Thankfully, Bryan Godfrey, who has done tree work for us before, managed to get up the mountain and save the day. Donning all of his climbing equipment, he went halfway up the tree and managed to cut down the limbs that were pulling it toward the house. The power went out shortly afterward when the winds picked up. We have a lot of clean-up to do, but at least we could spend the evening in our cold and dark house knowing that a tree wasn’t going to fall through our foyer.
Tree Down
Tricia Booker Photography 
WOW, snow already, what a beautiful photo! I am also doing Project 365 and trying to “broaden my horizons” LOL. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome! I am planning to visit your project. Thank you for checking mine out!
Wow – what an adventure! So funny to see the snow on the green leaves. Glad you are all okay.
Yes, adventure is a great word for it. Now that we are in clean-up, I’m able to see it that way! Not so much during. Thank you!
Oh, My God! What a day you lived, dear Tricia. I hope and wish this morning everything will be fine. I don’t like snowy days and winter… But as I told before too, I just like in the photographs, like your lovely bluebird. This is so beautiful photograph. Thank you dear Tricia, Have a nice day, with my love, nia
Hi Nia. We are happy to be back to normal autumn weather, with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. I think the bluebird came by to cheer me up. I hadn’t seen one in my yard since last year. He made me smile on an otherwise sad day!
You took some incredible photos of this situation, Tricia! The bluebird is just beautiful! I assumed they migrate for the winter. I’m glad your power is on now and the house was spared from damage. What a strange weather event!
Thanks Karen. I think our bluebirds do migrate. I rarely see them around in the winter. It was odd that this one stopped by on such an unusual day. Glad he did, though! Made me happy 🙂
Holy smokes Tricia! You guys got hit as bad as we did! I was doing the same thing trying to get the snow off of the trees. We lost our redbud and two dogwoods along with countless huge branches from other trees. We are both lucky that our homes were spared especially since we are both on a mountain in the woods! Glad you guys are safe.
Sorry about your trees… Seems so strange to see snow with the leaves still on. Beautiful bluebird shot!