Melt the Snowbear!

Have you seen this snowbear on R Street, NW? Very cute--but I am desperately hoping that we will get up to 40 degrees today and that the dang bear will melt along with all the icy sidewalks and alleys. If you haven't heard, they are predicting below freezing temperatures for the next four days and a dusting to one inch tomorrow morning during rush hour. Enough snow! The normal temperature for end of February is 50 degrees...hard to believe these days. 

Ice Sculpture Update: No Ice

Here is the tree on Saturday, amidst 60 degree weather. The ice has all melted…but is it alive? 

Ice Sculptures near Federal Reserve Building

Today, the sky was blue and the temperature was in the balmy 40s. I came upon these bizarre ice trees on 21st Street NW near C Street NW. 

And...She's Down!

How lame. I did not slip on the ice. I tripped on an uneven sidewalk. Even though DC enjoyed temperatures into the upper 50s yesterday, there is still quite a bit of ice and snow on my route.

This morning, we are supposed to get some rain and rising temperatures ths afternoon into the high 50s again. Yay! Bye-bye snow!

Ice, Ice Baby

OK, I am fine with the cold and even the snow. As an avid city walker and runner, however, I just can't handle the uncleared sidewalks. I do appreciate the shop owners and apartment complexes for doing their part. I think the DC government needs to do a better job of communicating everyone's civic responsibility to keep their driveways and sidewalks clear when it snows. It isn't that hard to do if you keep up with it when it happens. Now, of course, the snow has fallen, melted slightly, and refrozen into a dangerous mess. I went running today, but it would have been so much more enjoyable if I didn't have to worry about breaking my neck as I traversed through Georgetown. Check out some other wintery pictures from my ventures outdoors this past weekend.

Columbus' outdoor Lifestyle Community Pavilion

S. High Street, Short North neighborhood, Columbus, OH

Look closely, you can see Julia & Chris

No Run on the Ice

6am shot of ice on tree branches

I wanted to run this morning outside--and was inspired by a woman running down 37th when I was walking to get my Bruegger's coffee--but I am not a fan of ice. No way.
Not sure if my picture captures the beauty and extent of the ice coverage. The roads weren't too bad; however, as usual, the sidewalks were quite messy. Julia's school was delayed two hours; several others were canceled. There were reports of power loss everywhere.

Unfortunately, meetings prevented me from working the entire day from home. The walk to work had a few, slippery close calls. Weather.com is forecasting a high of 52...but it is still hovering below 40 at lunchtime.




Snow, Freezing Rain, Sleet, Rain

Snow day! Although there was very little accumulation in D.C., many schools are closed or on a two-hour delay schedule. Julia is home! I did venture outside for my coffee and there is quite a bit of ice and a steady drizzle of rain. I didn't see any major limbs down due to the ice. There was one light flashing at Tunlaw and Calvert, but otherwise no obvious signs of power outages.

Check out the ice!