Snow, Snow, Snow

It seems like an endless weekend here. . . .

We had the weekend, then the ice storm, school was out, so it was like another weekend, and now tomorrow is Friday, another weekend. . . .

We have been so fortunate. Our power went out night before last but was only out for about 12 hours. Noel and I played a game by the fire and lamplight. It was a nice time. But as the night wore on the house became colder. By morning, it was pretty chilly. We went to McDonald's for coffee and when we got home, the Christmas lights on our fence were burning brightly. Oh what a blessed sight! So many folks still don't have electricity, though it warmed up today and quite a bit of ice melted. Temperatures drop again tomorrow and they're predicting snow. Some reports say 1-3 inches, some say 3-5, some 5-7. Snow will be a nice break from ice. You can't make snow cream with ice. . . .

These incredible photographs are REAL snowflakes. Kenneth G. Libbrecht of Caltech figured out how to photograph them and you can see more like these as well as reading some very interesting facts about snow at snowcrystals.com. Is it really true, for example, that no two flakes are exactly alike? Maybe yes, maybe no. . . . As I'm stirring up the snow cream tomorrow night for yet another weekend, I'll scrutinize more closely. What an incredible winter we've had, and it hasn't even begun!