It's Snowing Again!

Several days of freezing rain - Yuck!  Unusual, we're told, for that to happen.  The University closed at noon on Monday and didn't open again before Thanksgiving, so Judy had the whole week to work at home.  Also took up knitting again - a hat and two scarves so far with scrap yarn we brought with us!  For a couple of days before the rain started, a fog had rolled in and that mist froze overnight all over everything -- it was just beautiful but we kept forgetting to take pictures -- not like an ice storm, because it was a very fine frost over the trees.  For three days, there was so much ice on the streets and sidewalks, it was almost impossible to walk -- they don't salt here and barely plow -- they put some sand or cinders down, but not on all side streets -- it's different! 

It started snowing during the night last night - at 1 am it was still raining, but we woke up to SNOW!!  A walk to the best bakery ever for scones and coffee, then continuing on to the Westchester Lagoon.  Pictures here from our morning walk along the trail from our house.  Brian is at the top of the stairs that we walk down to get to the trail, and Judy is on a small bridge along the Coastal Trail. We walked to the end today, up 5th Ave. to downtown, then back to 12th with a stop at the grocery for cinnamon for the applesauce we started before we left.   We'll have dinner tonight at our landlord's, Mary and Lance Mearig, just downstairs from us.  We're bringing applesauce and stuffed mushrooms -- and wine, of course!  Maybe we'll start with that now! 
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and to your families and friends!  Tomorrow is Judy's birthday and we'll be off to find enough snow to ski in!  Stay tuned!