Frosty Fairyland

It was -14 here this morning. That's Fahrenheit. And foggy. But the fog lifted, and left us this.

Wordless frosty morning, during and after the fog

Wordless Fairyland, or Winter Really Is Sort of Pretty But I'm Still Not Sorry That I'm Going To California on Thursday

Ah, the changing of the seasons...

Actually, I think we had a lot of snow, and very cold temps by this time last year, so truly this year, we've had a really long fall.

On the other hand, that first morning when the Weather Guy says that the temps are below zero (that's F for our Celsius Friends), you do a little shiver anyway, even if you're in your nice, warm house.

 FWIW, when I stepped outside to snap these shots (with my phone- the iPhone camera is an amazing thing), I took a sniff, and my nose said that it was above zero.

We didn't get quite as much snow yesterday as they predicted- around 4". And temps are supposed to be in the 40's by Thursday, so I don't think this will last. But we can't kid ourselves- Winter is here.

It's here, and it'll be here for a long time. Good thing it's also beautiful.

Frosty Morn, and A New Blog to Check Out

No wind + slightly warmer temps + lifting fog + sunrise= Fairyland

The antenna on The Hub's pickup, made magical.

Just after sunrise.

oooohhhhh....

I won't tell you how many shots it took to get this one.

Great news! My friend Alan Beechey, author of two wonderfully smart and funny books,

An Embarrassment of Corpses

 and

Murdering Ministers

is hard at work on a third book in the Oliver Swithin series, after taking a few years off to do stuff, like raise children. He started a new blog, This Private Plot (which happens also to be the title of Swithin #3), where he'll talk about the writing process, and other important things (like P.G. Wodehouse). Go and check it out.