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Friday, November 3, 2017
After running some errands this afternoon I was approaching my turn onto Lincoln Road and home when I could see this ahead. We only had a high of 40 degrees today but the sun had made it bright and beautiful. I had seen clouds earlier but in a rush to get things done had not taken any real notice. Noticing now my first thought was this does not look good; this looks like snow. I decided to keep going straight and head down to lake.
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| Where I would normally turn left. |
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| Continuing down Ludington Street the clouds do look ominous. |
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| Down on the lake the clouds look dark and beautiful at the same time. There is a breeze and I could see whitecaps. Little Bay de Noc looks dark and cold. |
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| It looks like Stonington is already under the clouds. |
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| After taking the picture above I turned to the right and saw the sun through the clouds and the water looked like silver. |
Checking the weather when I arrived home I found there is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 11:00 PM EDT, tonight, until Saturday, 12:00 PM EDT. There is a mention of 2 to 4 inches of snow accumulations but it sounds like most of it will be south, north and west of us. With any luck it will miss us all together which happens more times then not.
Over the years I always enjoyed the first snowfall, yes I did say enjoyed, the beauty of the white covering the tree branches, bushes, and ground making everything twinkle in the crystal whiteness. I have always felt that the cover of snow gives a softness and quietness to the world. What I do not like is driving in or after the first snowfall because it seems like a vast majority of people forget what it is like to drive when the roads get slippery. So there will be the inevitable rash of fender benders from people slamming on their brakes at the last minute. One last musing, at this point in life Tom and I agree we would rather look at pictures of the first snowfall instead of experiencing it up close and personal. For now as I write this it is 36 degrees and there are no stars to be seen which means those clouds that were in the distance are now overhead.
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Addition: Our first snow of the year.
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| We awoke this morning to a dusting of the white stuff. Looking out our back patio doors and front door. |
