Snow? In Portland?

The week before Christmas Portland got hit by a huge snowstorm. They kept predicting it, and I kept not believing it. But, once it started snowing it seemingly didn't stop for days. Everything was closed. Chains were required everywhere in Portland. And most roads remained unplowed entirely, until the snow melted. It created a really white Christmas, which was lovely. And also quite a few homebound days in a row, which was, well, not as lovely. Portland State was closed for the better part of 3 weeks, from the snow days to the holidays so I had a lot of time off. Craig was on snow shifts at Trimet, so he was working odd hours. All in all, though, it was fun.
Here is the start of the snow, on the day we decided to take our annual Christmas photos.


And many inches later: