hail

today's weather forecast showed a 0% chance of precipitation.  we just had a fair amount of hail come down---enough to turn everything white.  as hail goes it was pretty benign.  it was like little, pointy snowballs, not the hard, icy spheres i'm used to calling hail.

the ducks were pretty excited by all the little white balls jumping around on the ground and started running around eating them.

zane likes to catch it in the air like he does with snow.

i think i'm going to count this as some form of snow rather than hail.  the texture and coverage was far more snowlike than hail.  i can understand why the inuit people have so many words for snow.  it doesn't only come down in pretty little flakes.  

time to put another log on the fire.

thanksgiving feast

i made a little thanksgiving feast for two (zane made three).  nothing fancy but it was pretty tasty.

cole slaw with currants and pears, baked chicken, cranberry sauce and cornbread

an icy morning

thanksgiving day

when i wake in the morning
there's a fire in the woodstove
the smell of coffee brewing
and a smile on your face

the sound of winter

there's a certain kind of quiet
that comes with cold
a solemn silence
that settles with snow

a little snow

we're getting a little snow today (and some rain).  most of it has been pretty wet and slushy but we did get a little of the fluffy stuff coming down for a while.

zane loves snow and had a good time running around and biting at the flakes and icy chunks as they fell from the sky.

the ducks are unfazed.  they love the wet weather and don't seem to mind the cold at all.

i prefer the view from inside.

...but this view ain't half-bad either...

i took a really nice video of the snow coming down but lately blogger seems to be unable to upload any of my videos without seriously degrading the quality.
here it is anyway:

 

trees and light

spent the day with my two favorite guys enjoying the warm sunshine and the beautiful sights.