Posted by David Hamilton on December 30th, 2009

Good photos of the great Charlottesville snowfall keep showing up on friends Facebook pages from the Carolinas to New York.  Because the snow came the week before Christmas, I missed it, and here depend upon the capable photography of Bundoran Farm’s Natural Resource Manager Leif Riddervold. 

Aside from documenting this very unusual two-footer (I waited four years in Charlottesville for more than three inches of snow), the Bundoran Farm team did an extraordinary job, mobilizing to clear all the farm roads at least two days before the authorities were able to clear the state roads around Bundoran Farm.  Farm Manager Eddie Mawyer and Tony Jarrell deserve an “attaboy” if you see them around the property.  Two farm residents claim to have seen Lower Bundoran resident Fred Scott on a tractor, assisting Eddie and Tony before the drifting started, but we cannot confirm the sighting.   While we appreciate the heroic road-clearing effort, at least one Bundoran Farm resident was heard to wonder what the point was: “…relaxing by the fireplace, no plans to go anywhere soon… Merry Christmas from Bundoran Farm”

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