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[przed]

Toronto is sitting just shy of a record amount of snow this year, and it feels like most of it landed on my neighbourhood. In some areas, including our backyard, the banks are taller than me. (Okay, I'm short, but that's still impressive.) Still, annoying, frustrating and frankly dangerous as it can be, the snow can still be awesomely beautiful. So here's a few pics...

This one was taken during a storm in February. It made the ravine out back of our house look like a fairyland.


Here's another one of the ravine.



Even given that we have the typical postage stamp-sized Toronto backyard and that it's the only place we can shovel out our laneway to, we have a crazy amount of snow in ours. The bank here is well over six feet, even taller than the Sweetie. (And he's 6'6", so that's pretty tall.)



Last night the Sweetie comes barreling downstairs saying "You've got to look out the third floor window. It's wild." I found this waiting for me


It looks like alien icicles are trying to eat our house.


In this one, the icicles look almost delicate.


And here you can really see the crazy angle of the icicles. I have no idea how they even managed to form like this.

Comments

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

These really are so beautiful.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how they even managed to form like this.

I'm guessing that when they started forming, the wind was blowing fairly steadily toward your house. After that, the meltwater forming the icicles just followed the path already established. :)

Great pix! Looking at that 6-foot pile of snow makes my shoulders ache as I envision trying to shovel more snow up on top of it!

[kanders07.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous. I don't envy you having to dig out, but gorgeous none the less. I especially liked the icicles.
Peace

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Such gorgeous photos... the icicles are fantastic! And I love your yard full of snow. :-D

[shaw012145.livejournal.com]

WOW ... most parts of Australia are in drought and you have all this frozen water ... send it down under, please.

I was thinking the wind ... re cause of angle of the icicles.

Now I have that song "Winter Wonderland" in my mind :)

[cyanne]

You've really got a great eye for this, these pictures are beautiful. I'm trying to imagine having any snow at all, I think we maybe got a total of 4 inches all year. But I know you guys are sick of it, and since we're not going to get any, it may as well be spring now. :-)

[mrlnpndrgn]

Beautiful photos :)

And I expect most of Eastern Canada is breaking records right and left this year...

[sooguy.livejournal.com]

Wow! I am pretty sure you guys have Sudbury beat for snow this winter.

The icicles are impressive looking, but I would be worried about heat loss in your roof.

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Wow! Those icicles are insane. This winter has made me ever so glad I made the move to the DC area. We were in the 50's today and are supposed to be in the 60's tomorrow. Chicago, like Toronto has had a ridiculous snow season. I believe it's their third largest total ever. Outrageous. Don't slip on the white stuff!

[seleneheart]

That's . . . a lot of snow. Whoa.

Makes me glad to live here. Of course, your summers are mostly nicer than ours, although the hottest one I can remember as a kid was in Toronto, so who knows.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

These are truly awesome pics. It certainly seems as if those icicles are on the attack. Can you get out at all? You must be going a bit stir-crazy if you can't.

Thank you for posting these (from one who has never seen snow) :)

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Feel the shivers coming on just looking at these.. but damn those icicles are beautiful.