Winter preview

Gray November sky--that hazy shade of winter. November is ending, and the ground is covered with fallen leaves. 

Most of the Halloween decorations are put away,  but there are still a few pumpkins on front porches. The election is past, but there are still some Harris-Walz signs.

It's Thanksgiving weekend, and there is much to be thankful for. Thank you for reading my blog posts! 

 I'm thankful for so many things----Friends, family, community. A roof over my head.  Running water, black sweaters.  Vaccines and bamboo rakes. 

The National Weather Service, and local weather reports, too.  

Yes, winter is coming. Sunset at 4:20 today. The streetlights are on as I write this, and there are already some holiday lights.  We've had some snow already--real snow, heavy and wet, about 3 or 4 inches here.

 It was mostly melted by the next day, but people shoveled it anyway.

This weekend, it's really cold!  Wind chills in the teens and even single digits. There's some snow in Carbondale, but not like Pennsylvania and New York!

November 30  is the last official day of the Atlantic Hurricane season. We will certainly remember Helene and Milton this year. 

December 1 marks the start of Meteorological Winter. The Winter Solstice will occur on December 21.

Yes, winter is coming...this may be the darkest part of the year, but lighter days are coming after the Solstice. And on the bare branches of the trees, buds of next spring's leaves...

November Now

 

 

November now, after the rain,  a rain of leaves. Clouds, then sun, then clouds again.

After the time change, it's dark at 5 pm.  The nights are long, but the quarter moon is beautiful. 

 

We've had a preview of winter winds,  not quite the gales of November that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975. 

Today is Veterans Day in the USA. We honor those who fought for our freedoms, in a world still filled with plagues and wars. Let us remember them.

Tomorrow, it will be a week since Election Day.  There were lines for early voting, and I wondered if there would be lines at the polling places. We cheered each other on. We voted. We waited. Now, we are facing a different and uncertain future.  What will January bring?

 

Yes, winter is coming. There is snow already in Colorado and New Mexico.  No snow here, yet, and no snow in the immediate forecast, but we're talking about it.  Yes, we are getting ready.

 

What will a La Nina winter bring? Will it be colder, and more snow than last year?

 

But for now, people are making plans for Thanksgiving .The Halloween decorations are still up, and leaves swirl around the Harris-Walz signs.