Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: seasons, weather

I love a good snowstorm. Tons of snow. Howling winds.
As long as I’m comfy warm inside! Last night was one of those nights.

But it’s always fun to get up the next morning and see what happened. And start the big clean-up… shoveling, unearthing of cars, etc. Luckily, today is another “Snow Day” for many of us in Chicago. So this morning I bundled up, trekked downstairs and started by uncovering my car.

And I love finding snow in “weird” places. When the wind is so strong, it gets blown around and sticks in some pretty interesting places. Like the security mesh on our building’s basement windows!

But it’s not only OUTside!!! The wind was SO strong last night that the inside lobby vestibule was filled with snow too! Yes, our front door “might” need a better latching system, ya’ think? Unfortunately, the snow removal company had already been there. So most of it was already gone. But some remnants remain to show you where the snow had gotten to… INSIDE our foyer!!! Look at the window ledges on the door… and even better, look on top of the padlock!!!

That’s about 6-feet high INSIDE my building’s foyer!!!

And then again upstairs, on my front porch, where it is fairly well protected. Look how high the snow is sticking to the window frame. And while you’re at it.. look how well the storm window is working in the UP position – yikes!!!

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