Snow pictures

Another Seattle snow, another bunch of yard pictures.  

By Sunday afternoon it was up to my knees, with large drifts from the north wind. A considerate storm, coming in over the long weekend. The smart ones stock up at the grocery store, park their cars and wait until Mother Nature decides to melt it off.  

You-know-what would freeze over before the snowplows reach thousands of miles of Seattle streets.

If you live in a cold part of the country, you might think snow driving is the same old game everywhere. Well, you are wrong. 

Nothing compares to the classic snow rush hour nightmare in Seattle. Steep hills! Congestion! Ultra slippery wet snow! Totally unprepared drivers! Those who have lived here long enough might even remember the epic snowstorm of Dec. 1996. I spent 12 hours in the car inching my way home 25 miles from work and still have a touch of PTSD from the experience.

We are primed for spring in February, but the surprise snowfall was beautiful. The snow-covered streets full of neighbors out with happy children and their fancy toys: snowboards, sleds, cross country skies, snow shoes. Everything suddenly looks so high tech.

Anyway, a fun break for the cooped up families. Seattle deserves a pat on the back. Even the teenagers hanging out in groups were all wearing masks.

We got our second Pfizer shots late Friday afternoon. Again, so lucky, this time getting in right under the wire before the clinic closed for the weekend. We were tucked up at home by the time the snow started.  

I was really anxious about side effects. I didn't feel that great after the first shot, which is supposedly a piece of cake by comparison. But was pleasantly surprised, with just a slight headache and fatigue. Tylenol and a couple of naps did the trick.

 However, after both shots a mysterious little lymph node above my collar bone popped up. It was alarming, but I checked with Dr Google, and it's just another common side effect from the immune system working overtime.