{"id":19453,"date":"2021-03-10T10:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=19453"},"modified":"2021-03-12T10:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:35:58","slug":"the-last-of-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/the-last-of-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of the Snow&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hmm, hopefully that&#8217;s not wishful thinking.  We&#8217;ve had a few unseasonably warm days lately, but it&#8217;s only March, after all.  But even if we get more snow that&#8217;s OK because buds are starting to poke up out of the ground and spring is just right around the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So even if these aren&#8217;t the last of the snow pictures, at least this is all for February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the  22nd, even though much of the snow was melted, the lake was still frozen solid.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f31.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f31.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f31-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f32.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f32.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f32-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you can see how thick the ice was underneath the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f33.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f33.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f33-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That evening the other side of the lake was lit up by the setting sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f34.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f34.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f34-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day more ice had melted but the underlayment of ice was still thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35-1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As I walked back up the hill these two deer were watching me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f36.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f36.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f36-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re getting maybe too tame&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EBf8qHRTiJI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Feb 27the even though the snow was pretty much gone, the ice persisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f37.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f37.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f37-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These little ducks were marching around in their cute duck-like way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f38.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f38.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f38-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Just left of center, right under the smokestack that&#8217;s third from the right, there&#8217;s some kind of vessel!  It looked so tiny that I thought it might be a kayak, but it was so far away that it could have been some crazy boater, out there at the edge of the ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f39.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f39.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f39-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So even if we still have snow, at least the lake won&#8217;t freeze over again.  Right now it&#8217;s in the 60s but we&#8217;re supposed to have 30-50 MPH winds today.  I&#8217;m going to go for a run later, theoretically, and hopefully I won&#8217;t be blown over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok then, I hope your Wednesday is a good one,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmm, hopefully that&#8217;s not wishful thinking. We&#8217;ve had a few unseasonably warm days lately, but it&#8217;s only March, after all. But even if we get more snow that&#8217;s OK because buds are starting to poke up out of the ground and spring is just right around the corner. 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