the S word and the F word

Snow Flurries

Woke up this morning to a balmy 20 degrees with a brisk wind and some slight precipitation. It's actually 19 degrees as I write this.

Which means the white stuff has made its first appearance in Nashua, to unofficially kick off the winter of 2006-07.

For the first snowflakes to come here in the second week of December is rather late. According to the guy at the U-Haul place, we had a snowstorm last Thanksgiving and I believe, a flurry in late October, though I can't recall when the first flakes came. I briefly looked back at last year's posts and couldn't find any mention of the first snow, though I'm sure I made a note of it somewhere on the blog.

My plan this morning was to return the truck and walk back to my apartment, about a mile, I think. Of course it felt like both the wind and snow were coming right at me, no matter which way I was walking.

How much snow will northern Massachusetts/ southern New Hampshire see this winter? Obviously that remains to be seen. However, I'll take the positive spin and say that this relatively late snowfall means a light winter.

Because as you all know, I just looooooooooooooove snow!!!!!!









(Ahem, NOT!)