South Dakota, December, 1980

I remember that year very well, Diane. The snow even got up to the height of roadside hedges in England, and we had temperatures of -26C .
A nice clean cut to the front door. :-)

Yes I do too Amelia, like going through tunnels !!

Brrr - snow hedges! Yes, he was an expert "snow-cutter!" ;-)

I also remember the winter of 1963 and we walked on top of 13 foot hedges !

Brilliant pic Diane,eddie,

Hi, Eddie! Thank you very much.

Wow, that was some serious snow! Winters these days aren't what they used to be....

They certainly aren't. I hate managing tasks in snow, but it's crucial for the water supply the rest of the year. Danke, Gudrun!

Like Amelia I remember this winter too. Cornwall, which doesn't have much snow normally, was totally cut off. A cousin gave birth while the car was stuck in a snowdrift; the car couldn't get through to the hospital!
I remember that I also had a shirt just like your Dad's at one time!

Wow, I can't imagine the anxiety your cousin (and anyone else in the car) felt in that situation! Ah, the shirt...he was, until the day he died, the Ambassador of Plaid Shirts. Ha! I hope you enjoyed yours, too!

Oh la lal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Impressive *******************

Yes! That amount of snow is rare, now. Merci, Marie-claire.

Gosh ! what a amount of snow !

Nice to look at, not nice to live in! Merci, Patrick.

Have a good coming week.
Nordic Greetings.
(Fortunately I do not have to deal with this anymore...)

You don't? Did you move to Crete? ;-)
Thank you, Peter, and I wish you a happy holiday season!

WoW!!!

Yes! Ugh!

what a lot of snow!!! beautiful!

Too much! Thank you, Gabi.

ein schöne Erinnerung *****

Ah, yes. My old dad...
Danke, aNNa!

When I lived near Niagara Falls we had a blizzard in 1977. The drifts went up to the second floor windows of one side of the house and there was a drift about 8 feet high across the road. Eventually a massive snowblower truck came and cut a slot that the cars could drive through.
It was interesting when I was a kid but now I live in Phoenix and I can't say I miss the cold and snow !!

Wow, that is DEEP snow country up there. It's the drifting that causes the biggest hazard, isn't it? I can't believe I've moved back to snow country to retire. There is something wrong with me! ;-o

Amazing !!!!.... Your Dad must have been fit !!!

He was. He loved doing hard physical work more than anyone I've ever known, but no wonder, since he grew up that way! I did not get that characteristic - lol!

Thank ou, Marj.

Horrific Diane! I hope I never gain a memory of anything like you have pictured here, ever....

Hehe - soon it will not snow anywhere! ;-o Some people like snow (not I), but very few like it that deep.

Snow and more snow....

I can only compare the Winter of 1963 in kent and we walked on top of 13 foot hedges.. but that wasnt normal !

Amazing! Thank goodness that's not normal. Thank you, Pam!

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always keep the shovel into the house !

Right - don't keep it out in the garage or barn!

Love it!

Thank you, Bergfex!

Amazing ! I would have never thought Interior could be so snowy ! I was there in July 2017.

Historically, it's blizzard country with huge drifts, but I don't know what it's like now. I imagine that Manitoba and Saskatchewan are the same. Weather isn't what it used to be, anywhere on the globe, of course. Merci!

I was living in Gibraltar at the time - no snow for us! Another charming pic Diane.

Haha - far from it! Were you a military family - or whatever the British do in Gibraltar?

I was serving un the Royal Navy Diane. Joined up aged 15 in May 1968. Left in June 1998.

15!!!!! Whaaat?

Ha, ha...........back in the days you could leave school at 15. Not allowed now of course (the school leaving age was raised to 16 in 1972 I think). We were called Boy Seamen and our year of basic training at HMS Ganges, at Shotley near Ipswich, included 4 hours of English and Maths a day!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ganges_(shore_establishment)

Reminds me of the huge snow banks my daughter showed me in MT ...

Oooh, deep-snow country there, too! ;-o

Gosh....that's what I call snow!!!

No kidding! It's so much work to live in that much snow. Thanks, Rosa!

It must get somewhat muddy underfoot when that lot melts!

I'm sure it does! Thank you for your visit Tractacus!

All the times I lived in the north was in coastal places where the snow never stayed stacked so nicely -- and we didn't usually have that much.

I've seen it that way on Hwy 140 to Medford and on the highway to Crater Lake even higher. No, certainly not the coast. If Klamath Falls has more than 8" it's a big deal.