{"id":4698,"date":"2018-03-02T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2018-03-02T21:16:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T21:16:16","slug":"careful-what-you-wish-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=4698","title":{"rendered":"Careful what you wish for."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normally when the weather forecast calls for &#8216;x&#8217; amount of snow, we get less than predicted. And we were actually hoping that pattern would hold true for the current weather forecast. Alas. And not a lack of snow!<\/p>\n<p>The prediction was for a foot of snow this week.\u00a0 Since our driveway is barely navigable as it is, we were hoping all the snow would go south of us.\u00a0 No such luck.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4704\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4704\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4704\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4704\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow1.jpg\" alt=\"Dan when it was barely light outside, walking on the crusty ice, in the new snow, using a broom to steady himself.\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan when it was barely light outside, walking on the crusty ice, in the new snow, using a broom to steady himself.\u00a0 Look how far down the broom goes before it hits the ground!\u00a0 He&#8217;s standing on two feet of snow and the snow from last night is what he&#8217;s wading through.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had no internet this morning, and needed to brush the heavy wet snow off the dish.\u00a0 Mish was standing next to me in the sunroom, looking out the windows and watching Dan wade through the snow.\u00a0 Mish thought it looked wrong and he was growling at Dan, which made the parrots upset because the cat was upset.\u00a0 Much excitement was had by all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4705\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4705\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4705\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow2.jpg\" alt=\"Nine inches of snow on the sidewalk which needs to be shoveled.\" width=\"650\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow2-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nine inches of snow on the sidewalk which needs to be shoveled.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4706\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4706\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow3.jpg\" alt=\"The heavy wet snow mostly slid off the greenhouse roof, and the snow on the sides of the building now reaches the roof.\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow3.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow3-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The heavy wet snow mostly slid off the greenhouse roof, and the snow on the sides of the building now reaches the roof.\u00a0 You can just barely see the pallets of wood pellets next to the garage.\u00a0 There is so much snow in and around, and on top of them.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4707\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4707\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4707\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow4.jpg\" alt=\"And it is still snowing. \" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow4.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow4-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And it is still snowing.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are supposed to get another few inches today.<\/p>\n<p>Dan says this is all my fault because I&#8217;ve always wanted to get snowed in.<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;ve achieved that ambition.\u00a0 This is definitely the most snow we&#8217;ve been in since we lived up the North Fork in Montana, and got four feet of snow in 2 days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4711\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4711\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4711\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4711\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow5.jpg\" alt=\"News flash.  It's snowing again.\" width=\"650\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow5.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow5-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">News flash. It&#8217;s snowing again.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4712\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4712\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4712\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4712\" src=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow6.jpg\" alt=\"This could give us another 8 or 9 inches of snow, at this rate.\" width=\"650\" height=\"1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow6.jpg 650w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow6-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/030218-snow6-597x1024.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This could give us another 8 or 9 inches of snow, at this rate.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ye gads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally when the weather forecast calls for &#8216;x&#8217; amount of snow, we get less than predicted. And we were actually hoping that pattern would hold true for the current weather forecast. Alas. And not a lack of snow! The prediction was for a foot of snow this week.\u00a0 Since our driveway is barely navigable as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4698"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4714,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions\/4714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}