Another blizzard

It is February and we had another blizzard. This time we got a total of 17 inches. The snow literally pillowed on the branches of the Douglas Fir growing outside of my window. This time I stayed inside during the storm but got out two days later and took pictures in Prospect Park. Enjoy them.

It snowed last night

Last night we had 18 inches of snow and it was as close to a blizzard as I want to get. New York does not come to a halt when it snows. In fact it doesn't even pause. I work on 34th street across the street from Empire State Building. From the looks of things at 4:00 p.m., shoppers and tourist were out en masse, enjoying the sights and the bargains. However, by 7:00 p.m. the wind picked up and things began to empty out. The wind was so fierce, it hurt the skin on my face when I walked from Lane Bryant across the street to the Starbucks for a cup of coffee. Tiny splinters of ice pierce any exposed skin. The snow was blowing in torrents down the alley formed by the street, into the stores and down the subways. At this point, I was ready to go home but as I said, the Big Apple does not stop for a little snow, even though somebody forgot to tell the shoppers. We closed early at 9:30 and we left the store by 10:07. I arrived at the subway stop at 11:30 p.m. because the trains are slow on the weekends. The walk from the subway stop to my apartment was some trek. The wind was blowing and the snow made visibility difficult. Walking in deep snow drifts is trickier than you might think. I stepped off a curb only to have my leg up to my knee deep in snow. I fell completely over, luckily into deep snow so I injured little more than my pride. I am a slow learner since I did the same thing the next morning on the way back to work.