"Oh, the weather outside is frightful . . . "

     This is the view from our front porch a few years ago.
I am unable to post a picture of the current conditions for the very good reason that I am not at home, unable to get there because of road conditions between there and my office.  Here ...but 65 miles distance... there has been no precipitation and other than frigid cold, it's beautiful outside.

    Compared to the impact of the blizzard that struck the Atlantic coastline and the Northeast in the past  couple of days,  accumulations have been minor.  Yet there has been enough to cause school cancellations, allow kidders (of all ages) to  go sledding, build snow persons, as well as adversely affect traffic.  Unfortunately, there have been fatalities attributable to road conditions.

    The temperature at home this morning was 1* F,   colder than the 8* in my brother's New Hampshire hometown.  Our high today is forecast  for upper   20's. . . "Bread and milk" conditions.  However, this one came in so fast and unexpectedly that grocery store runs did not occur.  Someone opined that folks will just have to forego their 'milk sandwiches'.  Perhaps you have seen the photographs of the storm's impact and now the plummeting temps.  A friend posted an app counting down the days, hours and minutes until Spring's arrival.

   It's five days too late for 'New Year's Resolutions', but here's mine anyway: "I will not complain about Summer's heat !"

    Satchel