Snow! And other November stuff
Nov. 30th, 2015 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnSo this is what we woke up to today:
It's not officially the first snow, but it's the first snow of any real consequence. We got a dusting on Thanksgiving but this is about 3" and it's still coming down. Maybe up to 8" by Wednesday!! Yay!
Apparently this is "Winter Storm Delphi" happening (are we seriously giving every storm a name now?) but it's not stormy here; there's no wind, and the snowfall, while constant, is gentle and soft.
It reminded me I still haven't shared photos of a day The Girl and I spent in the park a few weeks ago, in early November. We took advantage of a beautiful late-autumn day and went to Hidden Falls park, a little bit of nature in the city.
The leaves were all gone by this point. I love the autumn color, but there is also something beautiful about the bare trees. And when all the undergrowth dies off for the season it's easier to walk off the paths.
The warm sunlight coming through these trees makes this day feel like ages ago! But it was only three weeks.
There was a lot of climbing.
There's the Mississippi there.
We scaled logs across the dry streambed.
And looked at all the beautiful moss and trees.
We found this stick house someone made.
On the way out of the woods we found this labyrinth someone made. It is just leaves raked into paths, a meandering spiral to the center. We walked to the center and back out again.
On Thanksgiving we took my mom down to Hidden Falls for an after-dinner walk. Here you can see there is a little bit of melty snow, less than an inch. I don't think it counts.
And walking to school today! Real snow!
Winter is definitely here. It's still too early to skate because we haven't had a solid hard freeze yet, but I am hoping to get out and go sledding this weekend.
It's not officially the first snow, but it's the first snow of any real consequence. We got a dusting on Thanksgiving but this is about 3" and it's still coming down. Maybe up to 8" by Wednesday!! Yay!
Apparently this is "Winter Storm Delphi" happening (are we seriously giving every storm a name now?) but it's not stormy here; there's no wind, and the snowfall, while constant, is gentle and soft.
It reminded me I still haven't shared photos of a day The Girl and I spent in the park a few weeks ago, in early November. We took advantage of a beautiful late-autumn day and went to Hidden Falls park, a little bit of nature in the city.
The leaves were all gone by this point. I love the autumn color, but there is also something beautiful about the bare trees. And when all the undergrowth dies off for the season it's easier to walk off the paths.
The warm sunlight coming through these trees makes this day feel like ages ago! But it was only three weeks.
There was a lot of climbing.
There's the Mississippi there.
We scaled logs across the dry streambed.
And looked at all the beautiful moss and trees.
We found this stick house someone made.
On the way out of the woods we found this labyrinth someone made. It is just leaves raked into paths, a meandering spiral to the center. We walked to the center and back out again.
On Thanksgiving we took my mom down to Hidden Falls for an after-dinner walk. Here you can see there is a little bit of melty snow, less than an inch. I don't think it counts.
And walking to school today! Real snow!
Winter is definitely here. It's still too early to skate because we haven't had a solid hard freeze yet, but I am hoping to get out and go sledding this weekend.
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Date: 2015-12-01 03:38 pm (UTC)are we seriously giving every storm a name now?
I actually said the very same thing last week about the previous one! There's really no place to stop. Let's name every hailstorm and tornado, too!
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Date: 2015-12-01 03:40 pm (UTC)Pretty snow too!
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Date: 2015-12-01 06:56 pm (UTC)