Winter already?

Hmmmmm....... Winter holidays? Love 'em! Snow? Not so much..... I thought the first official day of winter was December 21, so what's going on here?

I woke up yesterday to find this ......




And as pretty as it was, I was very glad it melted off quickly during the day ...... only to open the curtains this morning to find.....





I'm starting to think this is going to be another very loooooooooong winter....... sigh.....

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