{"id":1174,"date":"2009-12-28T07:59:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T12:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2015-12-27T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:51:08","slug":"blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The blizzard of 2009 took us by surprise &#8212; before winter even officially began. Here&#8217;s a follow up to my <a title=\"Previous post on Christmas Day\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1125\" target=\"_blank\">previous Christmas post<\/a> with pictures with all the snow, and what to do with it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/blizzardoutside0056_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1175\" title=\"Blizzard Outside. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, ArtIsEverywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/blizzardoutside0056_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Blizzard Outside. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, ArtIsEverywhere blog\" width=\"428\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/blizzardoutside0056_blog.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/blizzardoutside0056_blog-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/snow09iourstreet0059.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1176\" title=\"Snow Burries the Street. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, ArtIsEverywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/snow09iourstreet0059.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Burries the Street. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, ArtIsEverywhere blog\" width=\"430\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snow09iourstreet0059.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snow09iourstreet0059-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/fountainundersnow0065_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1177\" title=\"Fountain. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, Art Is Everywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/fountainundersnow0065_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Fountain. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, Art Is Everywhere blog\" width=\"430\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fountainundersnow0065_blog.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fountainundersnow0065_blog-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/undulatingsnowmelting0063_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1178\" title=\"Undulating Snow. Photo by Peter Spencer for Art Is Everywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/undulatingsnowmelting0063_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Undulating Snow. Photo by Peter Spencer for Art Is Everywhere blog\" width=\"288\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/undulatingsnowmelting0063_blog.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/undulatingsnowmelting0063_blog-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/neighborssnowman_0071_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1179\" title=\"Neighbor\\'s Snowman. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, ArtIsEverywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/neighborssnowman_0071_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Neighbor\\'s Snowman. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, ArtIsEverywhere blog\" width=\"288\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/neighborssnowman_0071_blog.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/neighborssnowman_0071_blog-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And my older son, Piers, with his college-age buddies built a snow monster to rival the neighbor&#8217;s snowman across the street. Nice to know they&#8217;re not too old for this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/snowmonster_0070_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1180\" title=\"Snow Monster. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, Art Is Everywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/snowmonster_0070_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Snow Monster. Photo by C. Ashley Spencer, Art Is Everywhere blog\" width=\"288\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snowmonster_0070_blog.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/snowmonster_0070_blog-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/charlottesvilleinsnow_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1181\" title=\"Charlottesville in Snow. Photo by Piers Spencer for ArtIsEverywhere blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/charlottesvilleinsnow_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Charlottesville in Snow. Photo by Piers Spencer for ArtIsEverywhere blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/charlottesvilleinsnow_blog.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/charlottesvilleinsnow_blog-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/cvilleinsnow_blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1182\" title=\"Charlottesville in Snow. Photo by Piers Spencer for ArtIsEverywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/cvilleinsnow_blog.jpg\" alt=\"Charlottesville in Snow. Photo by Piers Spencer for ArtIsEverywhere\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cvilleinsnow_blog.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/cvilleinsnow_blog-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blizzard of 2009 took us by surprise &#8212; before winter even officially began. Here&#8217;s a follow up to my previous Christmas post with pictures with all the snow, and what to do with it. And my older son, Piers, with his college-age buddies built a snow monster to rival the neighbor&#8217;s snowman across the street. 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