Graeagle residents share their sentiments on the recent snows
Graeagle residents Bob and Linda Rutherford have been spending their days doing what most of us have been doing: shoveling or snow blowing. They report that their weather station has measured over 13 feet of snow since the beginning of the year, with 53″ falling over the one week period between Feb. 23 and March 1. All that shoveling inspired Linda to write a poem that she shared with Plumas News. Pretty much sums it up!
Watching snowflakes falling down
Drifting softly to the ground
Now, it is starting to pile
Bringing to my face a smile
We love the changing of the seasons
Which is one of many reasons
Why we choose to live here now
The where, the when and also how
This is the life that we sought
Drinking a nice beverage, hot
On the fire, one more log
Digging pathways for the dog
The weather person on TV
Getting hopes up, for those who ski
Says further storms, on the way,
Might snow you in another day
Closing down a major highway
There is no alternate byway
Do not take a country back road
GPS is wrong what it showed
I’m tired of this epic snow
Another storm, time to blow
Shoveling it above my head
More piling up, makes me dread
As it’s getting deeper still
Making mountains from a hill
There is nowhere, to put more
Oh, my muscles, they are sore
When the snow plow leaves a berm
Making soft snow very firm
Now it is “Sierra Cement”
Another natural event
Mother Nature’s still in charge
Bringing in these storms so large
To us she is trying to show
Something that we all must know
It’s a Winter wonderland
Truly now, isn’t it grand?
Soon it will all disappear
Looking forward to next year
Here is the pathway that allows their dog to access the backyard. Photo by Linda Rutherford
