“As winds increase from a strengthening nor’easter, blizzard conditions will bring dangerous travel over the interior Northeast, while a wintry mix, rain and flooding continue to advance northward along the coast through Tuesday. The storm has forced a State of Emergency to declared in multiple states. Blizzard conditions with heavy snow, very low visibility and drifting snow will clog streets and highways from parts of central and eastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New jersey to much of Maine and New Brunswick.” — AccuWeather, March 14, 2017
Outside, “Winter Storm Stella,” as its been dubbed, is in full force. I was proactive this morning and took Gypsy (see I Have a Dog) out fairly early so we could get a good walk in before things revved up.
We went for a smaller walk in Deering Oaks Park later just as things were starting to get hairy. It wasn’t too terrible until we turned to head back across the bridge at which point our faces were encrusted by sideways, wind-driven stinging crystals of sharp snow.
Enough already! It’s not pretty any more! It’s lost whatever charm it had way back in January! There usually comes a point during the Maine winter when you feel yourself starting to slip psychologically over the edge. This could be the one for me.
At least maybe I’ll be an origami master by the end of it (see Darned Socks and Origami):
50 Shades of Winter 