Low 30s, calm winds,
snow
It’s beginning to look a lot
like winter all of a sudden. With
a snowfall of 5 inches covering the ground this morning and a light snow
falling throughout the day, the overcast skies forebode of still more winter
weather on the way.
Days like today stimulate all
your senses. You can certainly
feel the cold, especially if the wind begins to blow. The stark contrast of black, white and gray replaces the
brilliant hues of autumn, and there is strangely a crisp clean aroma to this
wintery air.
When there is no wind, the
eerie silence is punctuated only by the sound of the water of the ponds lapping
upon the shore, the calls of a gaggle of geese flying overhead, snow losing its
grip on the nearby branch and cascading to the forest floor, or a startled deer
crashing through the dried brush in an effort to avoid my intrusion.
I visited three nearby ponds
today and found most of the lakes with a veil of thin ice, broken through by
small openings of ice-free water.
These small open areas were often the site of what little waterfowl
remained on these lakes. In times
like this, many of the geese, swans, and ducks head down to the Hudson where it
will be a long time before the ice can close in on the main channel.
The forecast for tomorrow is
for a break in the action, but Saturday could bring an additional few inches of
the white stuff erasing the blemishes and marred surfaces resulting from the
action of wind and animal activity.
Winter certainly seems to be making its mark early this season.
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