Snowstorm pictures

Whether you want to call this Snowzilla as christened by the Capital Weather Gang or go with the Weather Channel's Winter Storm Jonas, it made a lot of snow! In fact there is even a controversy about how much. The official DC gauge is actually at National Airport (not even in DC, just sayin') and there are concerns that the 17.8" measured there was low because they didn't use the official National Weather Service measurement standards. Although to be fair to the measurers that's apparently because they lost their official snow board in the snow! Oops.

I enjoyed the whole thing. Elise hosted a snow dinner Friday night and I held a snow potluck on Saturday. Much eating and drinking was had although we never did get to the card games! Colleen's pumpkin muffins were super-good. I'm going to try the recipe tomorrow. And Lindsey shared her real Michigan pierogi. Oh my yum! I made cornbread and a big cherry cobbler.

Today I tramped around in the snow and took pictures and threw snowballs at my neighbors at the snowball fight Sookyung called in the park across the street. It was very proper winter all around.

Here's some shots from Saturday about 2 while it was snowing.

The tree-lined walkway leading to the Titanic Memorial. 

Here's the statue himself, with snow on his nose. 

Wind drifted benches.

Arena Stage through the snow.

M Street looks like bleak midwinter.

These are turning into car outlines under the snowdrifts!

It's drifting into my balcony.

And over the cars in the parking lot.

Car bumps!

Elise's holly tree looks lovely in the snow.

Walking down the middle of 4th Street.

And now some Sunday pictures after the storm blew over. 

Sunny morning!

And a snowy view out my bedroom window.

Piles of snow in the parking lot.

Plenty of buried cars.

Sookyung is getting ready.

Snowball fight!

And more snowball fight. 

A buried car on the street, well drifted in. 

The M Street garden in winter.

An intrepid biker. 

Here's the road conditions.

The snowblower has visited some sidewalks.

Plenty of snow.

It's knee-high here.

Looking toward Safeway.

Buried bikeshare bikes.

Snow plow on 4th Street.

 For fun, what's left in Safeway?

Bread, despite the cliche.

And apples.

Garlic but no tomatoes or avocados.

The only green stuff was some parsley and frisee. 

Doesn't anyone like carrots?

Forget about getting any potatoes or onions.

Or eggs.

Or milk. You can have chocolate I guess.

Some meat (on the left) but not much fresh. There was still plenty in the freezers.

Plenty of bottled water though. Another cliche broken.

Storm shopping verdict: as long as you were flexible and willing to eat canned or frozen you could have bought any kind of food all weekend long. The canned goods and other aisles in the center of the store still had plenty of stuff.

River Park in the snow.

More snowy bushes.

She's got a snow fort. 

Hmm, I guess we need to dig these vehicles out too.

Goodnight snowday.