Snow and More Cold

The lake got about 5 inches of nice light snow.  The local septic tanks are getting a nicer snow cover to keep those little bacteria happy in there.  A lot of snow sitting in beautiful position in the trees.  The arctic blast is expected to begin tonight with warnings and cold wind chills.  Nice to get the snow all out of the way, then it turns cold rather than cold as you plow.

Snow as Dust Period

Snow has been coming as a series of dustings.  The good news is that it is building over the septic tanks and drain fields in the area.  A few more inches would be nice, but there is some to keep the pipes warmer if it turns real cold.

Odd one';s thoughts on real cold.  It is 21 degrees out and we looked at it as nice and warm.  Maybe a jacket might not have to even be zippered if one went outside a short time.  No need to even get on the full winter coats yet.  Rare for News Year's Day when the big minus sign usually is on the temperature.

Winter for the Duration

Winter has settled in for the long haul, we suspect.  The snow now does not melt in the Sun.  While the drive has a light scatter of snow that stays, the woods and yard are looking white until Spring.  This provides time for studying online how to work the new trout rod and check out the Beatles on Amazon Prime.  Thoughts of last night’s annual playing of Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sims bounce off the cold looking tree trunks.  It black and white images cast spookily against the black and white landscape.  Just like It’s a Wonderful Life, only in black and white does it look right.  Color is a failure as the thoughts of the makers were on how it would cast its images in the gray tones.
Now thoughts turn to spring and Spring Break movies. Where the Boys Are (1960) makes festive these times of dark.  Watched it the other night.  What struck me this time was how limited in scope Spring Break was in the 1960 period, versus the masses of now.  The escape from the snow is a bit over done as the cold after the snow is often worse for those of the North.  Of course, folk of all ages escape the cold North now.  While the students take a month older folk take the rest of Fall to Spring—Snowbirds, they are.

Birds still seem around but not in favor of our offerings.  Working on the problem we are.  If one can come, why not the crowd.  Stuff must be alright if the lone birds come and try some.

Ice

The drives and roads are mostly clear, but it just dropped to 31 and the ice is going to be slippery.

Snow, Snow, Snow

We could have Bing Crosby singing it here.  Looked like three inches with certainly some melting as it fell, so could have been more.  Real wet snow, too.  Lake has become a full winter scene with ice fishing then a full snow cover.  Some peaks over 32 degrees coming, but the snow is likely here to stay.  The good point is that the temperatures might be putting some of that water into the ground for the pines and tamaracks.

Snow here to stay

Well, the roof and drive seem to easily clear of the white stuff, but the lawn is stuck in white cover mode.  The sun has been bright over several days and some thinning of the snow can be found, but some areas look unfazed by the light.  We think winter is here.  The lake iced over some time after the 16th.  No telling if the geese took off but they are not heard honking any more. 

Now next door Fish Hook Lake still has water and geese.  I see on the web that Big Sand and Long have open water.  But, Mud Lake is in winter look.  Only a tiny area where the snow has melted leaving clear ice marks the remains of the sun.

Snow, Sort of

Sort of a snowy day today.  You had to see it in the air to detect it so far.  It was a total melt on any surface.  A small gathering of geese near the short this morning.  They are way short of the numbers that gather prior to the  big move to the South.  We wondered if they were the small group that stays the winter on the open river?  It is still too early to tell.