Everybody is talking about it, so I will, too: snow.

[agoodwinsmith]

Today, after a week of threats, we finally have snow on the ground.  Well, here in the dark heart of the lower east side, not actually on the ground, which is still storing thermal energy in all that concrete and asphalt[1], but definitely on thin chilled surfaces like blackberry bush leaves and cars.  It has been desultatory most of the day, starting and stopping.  The first time I looked out (8:45 am), there was a skiff on things, but it wasn't snowing.  Then at 9:30am it was falling in big fat quarter-sized flakes, but that only lasted about five minutes.  Now if it falling in the little tiny steady serious-business flakes.  These will amount to something.  These will soon be sticking on the ground.

It is blowing and gusty, and minus one celcius at two fifteen pee em, so I am so glad I am not out in it, nor needing to go out in it.

This will be pretty after dark, when the snowflakes will appear to be swirling around the street lights, but right now it just looks cold and treacherous.  Ah....there go the ambulance sirens.  Drat.

UPDATE - three pee em - it is sticking; the ground is white.

[1] - I want to spell this "ash-phalt" because my family pronounces it "ash-fault".  It *looks* like it is made from ashes, so hey.

Comments

[shriker-tam.livejournal.com]

The people I stayed with in Canada said "ashfault" too, I assumed it was a canadian thing. But maybe only some canadians?

I also have some lovely photos of that year's first snow - in early september...

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Any time I've heard it said, I've heard "ash-fault" - which may only mean that I have selective hearing. :)

Beautiful Calgary. Land of my birth. I think they have records of snow falling on every day of the year (not all in the same year, of course).

[shriker-tam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they got freaky weather in that place - but never for very long :o)

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Chinook. :)