Where'd You Go, Snow.

12-27-20 VERMONT: We did get a big rain on Xmas and over night, I guess an inch to 1.5 inches. The thermometer reached 60° for a high and a fog rose up from the ground that was melt-water mist. Most of the snow is gone including all the snow that was on the roofs. After the rain, it turned cold and froze everything that remained on the ground. Every hollow and depression in the ground was filled with rain water that subsequently froze.

The pasture is almost bare, and around the house, there’s a few inches of crusty, icy snow. The waterfall and brook thawed and were flowing. Actually, I filled a hole that developed on top of the waterfall with gravel. The ponds are otherwise still frozen solid.

High winds had been predicted, but didn’t appear. In the last two weeks, we had a big snow and a big rain, but almost no tree damage, no branches down.

We go back to NJ tomorrow.

During the rain, the roofs are clear, but the ground is misty.

The back pasture is free of snow and the pond is covered with rain.

Every dip and depression is a new pond.

The waterfall from the new pond dam has opened up.

The brook below the waterfall has cut into the ice on the old, lower pond.

The late afternoon sun shining on the thin layer of snow remaining in the woods and yard and waterfall.

The next day, the pasture is snowless.

The waterfall and brook in live action.

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