Fall, Meet Winter - aka "Hello, Blizzard!"

Talk about dramatic weather changes!


What you can't see in the pictures is the temperature difference - not to mention the multiple extra layers I had on Saturday!

Friday afternoon we had 40's - yesterday we saw single digits and wind gusts to 47 mph. And snow - not lots, fortunately, but less than an inch of snow was still enough to leave a 2 1/2' drift across our front walk and have the plows running non-stop to keep the emergency routes clear.

Thankfully in the country the roads were much better. The snow stopped by late afternoon, and we headed out to make sure the horses were weathering things okay.

With the wind out of the north, they have the shelterbelt to serve as a windbreak, and were tucked in contentedly at their bale.

And the actual temperature is....

It was just a wee bit chilly this AM.

Sundogs...

No penguin sightings yet. But it's certainly cold enough.

I took these Monday night as we drove out to the farm. The snow in the atmosphere was actually making a rainbow as the setting sun shown through. (Sorry about the junk in the picture!)

There were sundogs, as well.

My window wouldn't roll down - too cold!

The ponies seem cheerful in spite of the cold. T moved a new bale out last night, so they'll have plenty to munch on. I'm crossing my fingers it doesn't get as far below zero as they're predicting (-22 straight temp for tonight). It's -5 now with a predicted high for the day of -2.

It's this time of year
that relocating to parts more southern
sounds really appealing!