Who knows how long the melt will last.
The weather folks say lake effect may move back to the Syracuse area as soon as Thursday night.
So I had to point the iPhone 6s toward the backyard of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville.
Melted toward the right.
Snow pile to the left.
A two-day warm up had melted every bit of snow except for the two piles I had thrown it after clearing the walkway and back deck.
It felt good to see some green again.
How is the weather where you live? How much snow have you seen lately? What are you expecting for the new year?
Mark Bialczak 
No snow yet, which is ok by me. Just rain, too much mud and the occasional tornado warning.
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That’s a combo for you down there, Apple Pie. Be safe as we hit 2017, my friend.
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I guess after growing up in Michigan and living many years in Chicago I’m blase… I actually can’t remember for sure if we’ve had a snow here in KY yet or not; I think a little. If it’s not eight inches or more, it doesn’t register 🙂 Although I’m often amused at the panicked reaction if we get enough snow to partially cover the grass… Mostly it’s been raining.
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People who aren’t used to snow rush out and buy out the bread shelves, right, Leigh? 🙂
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Oh yea, just if they say it might snow… Cancellations start going across the bottom of the tv screen, bread and milk sell out…
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This is a nice break from the recent blasts we’ve had, but the back-and-forth so early in the season is jarring. I’m going to start paying more attention to the daily forecasts so I know when to put the car in my newly-cleaned garage.
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Good job getting the garage ready for the car, Ermine. 🙂
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It must not be quite as warm here. We got about 12″ of snow and about 8″ of it has melted. It was supposed to be a little warmer here today but the wind is super cold.
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Cold wind sure bites through you, Jen. We live on a hill here, and it’s very windy, we’ve discovered. Yikes.
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We have about 6 inches of snow left of the 16 inches that dumped on us a couple of weeks ago. The forecast is for more snow and temps down to 4 degrees in the new year. Brrrr!
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Too cold for a melt, that’s for sure, Kathryn Grace. Happy New Year shivers.
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It’s cool when it snows and then the snow melts and reveals what is below.
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Yes, rediscovery, Tony. 🙂
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the same thing happened here, and the weather was in the high 50s. beginning yesterday, the temp dropped back the 30s, and snow is tbd. )
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Have fun shoveling the tbd, Beth. Bound to happen, right? 😮
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Piling on here in the comment section, I shall share this random thought: Because of the time of year, I mis-read “lake effect” as “latke effect.” The weather in Boston has been unseasonably warm, melting all the snow. Warmest wishes to you, Mark, for the new year.
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Happy potato latke to you and Michael, my dear friend Ann. The effect of those is always enough to melt away the chill!
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