It's not winter yet...

...don't let the winter equinox sneak up on you.

A pretty good snowstorm blew through yesterday. Now it looks like winter - which doesn't officially start until tomorrow. Well that will be rectified right at the beginning. We have a good old nor'easter arriving tomorrow afternoon, forecast for our location is 10 to 16 inches. For today we cleaned up the snow we had, about 5 inches, drove down to Windham to pick up a few things. Carol began cooking for a Christmas get together here with her sister's Lois and Elaine and their families. Buffet style brunch and gift exchange. I anticipate that the worst of the storm will hold off until everyone gets home.

Ian returned home from college for the holiday break - he was ready for time home, he's had a pretty full semester and another one to come. Today he put the ornaments on the tree. The image at the top of this blog is of one of my favorite decorations for Christmas, displaying the Christmas cards and photos we receive. I attach them along the beam that runs across our living room. We only sent our cards out today, we always say we'll make them ourselves (which we've done in the past) and get them out early but here we are, four days before Christmas using cards we bought. To those of you in Sweden, I think our cards will be late, but next year...