Wow, snow already (and worse):

Great Plains digs out of heavy snow, storm debris

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — In the span of 24 hours, the scenic Black Hills in South Dakota were coated in up to three and a half feet of wet, heavy snow, one of several Great Plains states walloped by a storm system that's caused millions of dollars in damage.

National Weather Service meteorologist Katie Pojorlie said the snow was expected to end later Saturday, giving people a chance to start digging out from the unusual, record-setting early fall snowstorm.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/great-plains-digs-heavy-snow-storm-debris-170540930.html

Vladimir Vorobyov, The Old Birch (pic from levkonoe )
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БЕРЕЗА

Белая береза
Под моим окном
Принакрылась снегом,
Точно серебром.

На пушистых ветках
Снежною каймой
Распустились кисти
Белой бахромой.

И стоит береза
В сонной тишине,
И горят снежинки
В золотом огне.

А заря, лениво
Обходя кругом,
обсыпает ветки
Новым серебром.

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(Sergey Esenin)

Police in the US state of New Jersey have ordered a family to cover up their snow sculpture of the famous nude Venus de Milo after a neighbour complained.

Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow-woman with her son and daughter on her front lawn in Rahway following a snowstorm.

Many people praised their creation, but a police officer told them a neighbour had found it too risque, she said.

When given the option of covering the sculpture up or knocking it down, she dressed it in a bikini top and sarong.

"We didn't want to have any problem with the police so we covered it up," Ms Gonzalez told the AFP news agency.

But she now thinks the snowy Venus looks "more objectified and sexualised" than it did before the authorities intervened.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8551528.stm

From www.liveinternet.ru/community/geo_club/post121421696/

Сгораю от смущения,Сомнения, стеснения,
Примите в знак почтения Заборные творения!
Праздничный позитив:)

Чеширский Кот - совсем не тот, что чешет языком. И вовсе не чеширский он от слова "чешуя", А просто он - волшебный кот, примерно как и я (В.Высоцкий)

На веточку малины наступил... и вот...висю.. :-)))

( Lots more cats! )

Here are the promised snow videos, finally!

First one is from the 30 inches or so snowfall on Feb. 10, 2010, the second one is on Feb. 15, so some of the preceding snow has melted or been cleared away...and then we were getting another 10 inches!
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Wow, folks...this is the most snow that the Washington, D.C. area has seen in 126 years--several inches more than we got 10 years ago...
Photos and videos to come...In the meanwhile, enjoy!
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Ничего себе--это самое большое количество снега, выпавшего в раионе Вашингтона за последние 126 лет--на несколько дюймов больше, чем выпало 10 лет назад.  Фото и видео будет потом, а пока вот классика :)

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( Translation of lyrics )

 

Obtained from vasily_sergeev , who got it from galinaaksyenova 

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As promised, here's the snow video! ;)