Natural Window Awnings

Before the absolutely crazy and unseasonably warm weather hovering around 60 degrees which has caused a mid-winter mud season this week, we somehow managed to get some snow! As this snow started slowly inching its way down our metal roof, it slowly changed the profile of our roof...

Typically, once that snow hangs off the roof by about a foot, it breaks off and crashes down onto our deck. This time, however, we had some freezing rain before getting this latest 14" of snow so that snow sliding off the metal roof was pretty solid underneath and supported by some ice this time.

Within a day or two of inching its way down off the metal roof, the snow from the roof had created a sort of natural awning covering our windows and our front door! 

The snow was hanging down so far that it was covering more than half of our front door! That was a lot of snow hanging down in one giant piece! From inside the house, this hanging snow awning looked like a giant frozen wave.

When the weather warmed up, I figured it would be best to get out there to break apart this natural awning because I was afraid that if this heavy snow broke off the roofline all at once, as it always does, it would/could collapse our deck. I have have enough projects to do around the house without needing to make the deck a priority so I broke it up chunk by chunk and removed it from our deck. 

Anyway, I managed to get a couple of good photos of this natural window awning and thought it would be interesting enough to share here.

I wonder if winter is over now... or will some snow and freezing temperatures return?