The snow is falling....

I know you are all probably sick and tired of hearing about the weather, especially the snow. But today is different. We got 12 inches in 4 hours. The world went from an icy mess to a beautiful, white world. In preparation of the snow, UMass closed at 12. So, the class I TA for and my final modeling class were canceled. Well, they were off by about 45 minutes and by 1230 when I left there were about 3 inches on the ground already. This batch was pretty light too, like my first storm. But instead of showing the "snow" I took pictures of the neighborhood. Enjoy!



So I was my house working on one of my finals, making a computer model of a person jump as high as we can, and I looked outside my window and saw this...
Then I put on my really warm new jacket and went for a walk. As I started, three scrappers turned up my street. I stood and watched because I thought they were lining up to clear our road and I didn't want to get in the way. As it turns out, they just use our street to turn around.
This is my house. The front was almost all grass this morning and there was nothing on the roof. When I opened the door to go out, I had a hard time because of all the snow that was piled up outside the door.


As I walked along the road I stopped to take pictures of the decorations. I didn't get a chance to take Halloween decoration pictures, so I figured I had better do Christmas. This neighbor of mine went a bit too commercial in my opinion, but look at the santa and the snowman: they fell over due to the snow. HE HE HE!
Now, these two neighbors are a bit more representative of what people do around here. They maybe put a simple, traditional wreath on their door (which they probably purchased at a local stand, you know, the same ones that sell fruits and veggies in the summer and mounds of pumpkins in the fall) and single candle-like lights in each window.




























Finally this is the road in question...no plows went over it today, so it is about 4 -7 inches deep. No wonder I didn't go anywhere this afternoon. Here's wishing you all a wonderful winter day!