SNOW!

Friday night we went Christmas shopping. It started snowing as we started, about 5 PM. It snowed through the night and most of Saturday. We have not had much snow in recent years and this was a real treat! The view outside of our side door.

The snow was very heavy for much of the night. Note the snow in the deck chairs. It was twice as deep by the next day.

The squirrel was on the rail of the stairs that lead to our side door.

The creek behind our home was beautiful.

This was a wet snow and it stuck to the tree branches.

The house on January CT has been our home for over twenty-five years.

My Nissan truck under normal circumstances looks rather large, but not when it is covered with snow. By the end of the day we had roughly twelve inches of snow on the ground.

Snow has an amazing effect on how everything appears. The blanket of white makes everything look pristine. It also forces us out of our normal routines. We have a chance to visit with neighbors as we clear our driveways. Ordinarily I am somewhat of a scrooge. I often feel that Christmas activities are a bit overdone. But Christmas shopping in the snow does have a way of making you a bit sentimental. But fresh snow is so pure and it seems to cover up a lot of ugly!

"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah 1:18