We have another inch of snow on the ground today, so once again Pepper and I pulled out our shovels and went to work on the driveway. Since it’s 1,800 feet long we don’t bother clearing all of it– we shovel parallel tire tracks all the way down, and then clear the switchbacks (since they’re sharp and steep and you need traction) and the long steep stretch we now call simply The Stretch (since that’s where we’d slide off the driveway and roll the car).
Here’s what it looks like from a switchback, down to tire tracks and then another switchback:
As we were working on The Stretch today, I noticed that the powdery snow and the blacktop make a fun pattern:
The left side is mine– very regular and orderly. On the right you can see Pepper’s more artistic flair.
I suppose if Katie can work on her coffee art, I should work on my snow shoveling art…