The Snowpocalypse

WARNING!!! The following contains graphic pictures of plant carnage. If you are a gardener, especially in the Seattle area, this may cause nightmares, insomnia or other sleeping disorders.

The snowmen have all had meltdowns, and we've finally dug out from the 9+ inches of snow and ice Mother Nature dumped on us during the last 2 weeks. We actually had a white Christmas here in Seattle--according to local news sources, only the 6th we've had since the 1890s.

Today we took a stroll around the garden to see how things had fared after all that snow and several weeks of temps in the teens and 20s. It was not pretty. Not pretty at all.  If you click on the name of the plant you can see how it looked during our November Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day post.

Gallardia

 

Rainbow chard

 

Variegated geranium

 

Gazanias

 

Cyclamen

 

Pineapple sage

 

Rieger begonia 'Karen'

 

Cuban oregano

We're hoping the hardier perennials in the shade garden fared better. I guess we'll find out in spring.

 

--Curmudgeon & Wing Nut

Sunday afternoon walk

Last Sunday we had a dusting of snow.

Today we have quite a bit more than a dusting. It's been snowing since yesterday. And it's not showing any signs of slowing down. On Thursday we got a couple of inches of snow and it promptly turned into a 2 inch layer of ice. Now we've added about 6 more inches on top of that. In addition, our temps are still in the 20s so it's not melting. Yikes, this is not supposed to happen in Seattle!

On our walk this afternoon we saw kids and adults using anything plastic and smooth as a sled. We also saw quite a few snowmen.

 

The ship canal looked eerie.

We saw one boat on the canal.

Bright berries.

Diva Dog, always on the lookout for squirrels.

Our strange Thanksgiving visitor is sporting a cape of white.   

--Curmudgeon & Wing Nut

What's wrong with this picture?

 

 

 

--Curmudgeon & Wing Nut

Out of the closet

 

And into the snow!!!

 

Okay, so it's not a lot of snow.

It's just enough to romp around in...

and to cover the flowering rosemary.

Most winters here we wear rain gear, so the parkas and Sorel boots hardly ever come out of the closet. But this week, we're in for some very chilly temps in Seattle (daytime high 20F/-7C, evening low 11F/-12C). It's a good thing we kept all our heavy winter gear from our time in the Midwest!

--Curmudgeon & Wing Nut & Diva Dog

The sun is shining

It's been a long week. It's late. I'm tired. The dog is chasing the cat. And I refuse to do a post about SNOW. Despite the nasty weather this past week, on the patio the leopard's bane continues to glow and spread sunshine all around. It is NOT snowing in my world...

New Fall/Winter Crop!

Check out our new fall/winter crop -- MARSHMALLOWS!

They blossomed in all their glory on December 1st! How about that?

It's a shame that when the temperatures warmed up, they just melted away. But we did enjoy them for a few hours.

We had very heavy and wet snow falling for quite a while on Saturday. At first the flakes were HUGE and swirling around in the backyard. Of course, our camera batteries were not charged at this point. When we finally got them charged up, the flakes were smaller, but still impressive.

They tell us snow is rare in Seattle city limits, but we had two snowfalls last year and one so far this year, so who knows?

Today the temps are warmer and it's just raining heavily all day. Hope everyone is safe out there in all the crazy weather across the nation.