Nor'easter in Boston!

久しぶりにボストンに大雪が降りました。前の晩から降り始め、朝起きたら50センチくらい積もっていました。朝になっても降り続き、さすがに会社に行くことができず、自宅勤務 (会社は正式には休業ではなかったのですが、大吹雪の中、車を運転して事故でもあったら嫌なので)。 We had a Nor'easter today!  It's been quite awhile since we had a storm this big last time.  It started snow the night before, and kept snowing until late afternoon.  The accumulation was almost 2 feet.  I (and most of people) couldn't drive to work, so I worked from home (officially my company was not closed, but I didn't want to have an accident driving in the heavy snow!).

Poirot をベランダに連れ出すと、おいしそうに雪を食べ始めました。 I threw Poirot into the porch, and he seemed enjoying eating snow.

でも寒くなってすぐ家の中に戻ってきました。Poirot は犬のくせに寒がり。ストーブの前が彼の指定席です。雪が小降りになった後、夫と二人雪かき。今回の雪は湿っていて重い....。かなり疲れました。でもその日の夜にはほとんどの道路はきれいに除雪されてました。さすがボストン、雪には慣れてます。 But he immediately came back inside the house because he felt cold.  Although he is a dog, he hate cold weather (and hot weather, too).  His favorite spot in winter is in front of the heater.  After snowfall was getting small, my husband and I shoveled out snow on our driveway and sidewalk.  It was wet snow and very heavy...  I was exhausted..  By the night, however, most of the major roads were already cleaned and we had no problem driving around.  Bostonians know how to handle snow!