“The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches.”
~E.E. Cummings~
It snowed in Wisconsin on October 25th. Too damn early.
Although it’s always a possibility, I prefer to wait until after Thanksgiving to witness the first snowfall. First snowfalls tend to be the prettiest, except when they come a month before anyone is ready and I’m not ready.
Then again, it could be worse. Check out this post from Shelley at Quaint Revival. While she also lives in Wisconsin, the majority of the state’s snow fell in her neck of the woods. A good chunk of it missed Appleton and instead, we had a light covering.
I also came across a Facebook post from a friend who lives in Wyoming. They were expecting 8-12″ of snow from Sunday to Monday and high temperatures in the single digits (farenheight). That’s January weather, not October weather. Yikes.
The good news, personally speaking, is that the sun came out on Monday and melted most of the snow by the time I went for an afternoon walk around the neighborhood.
The sun is supposed to be out for several days now and my only wish is that I have one good day left to go for a bike ride. Just one day.
The snow touching can wait.
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We have snow coming this Friday but they’re not sure how much. Moisture is needed so I guess I won’t complain. 🙂
I hope your snow is light, Judy, and melts right away. There will be plenty of time during the winter months to gather that kind of moisture. 🙂
Winter seems to want to make its presence known. We have snow in our forecast for Friday. I suspect it won’t last very long, the ground is still pretty warm. I think we’ll be ready, but I’m with you, Thanksgiving, not Halloween is the time for snow.
I had hoped for a warm fall into November, but Mother Nature has not been cooperating. I would like another bike ride, Dan, a last ride before I have to put the bike into hibernation.
I hope you get that chance. November could bring you a warm week.
PS – I love E.E. Cummings
I watched that weather forecast with snow in it and thought of you. I agree that it’s much too early to be thinking about snow.
Thankfully, there’s no white stuff in the extended forecast. Yay!
YAY!!
I saw Shelley’s photos and gasped. I like your snowfall better, if that makes any sense. Snow does what it wants, eh?
I like my snowfall better too, especially since it melted in a day. 🙂
Love ee, but snow? We had some, too on the 25th. [grumble]
Perhaps EE has a lovely poem about spring that we can keep reciting for the next five months. 😏
Such a lovely photo! We don’t get much snow in NC but I’m a fan of the short lived kind. Drop, look beautiful for a few days, then melt in an afternoon. 🙂
Oh Laura, if only it would be that way all winter…except fo Christmas. I like having snow during the holidays.
Lovely photo. Makes me feel cool. our temperatures have been more like 35 degrees C this week.
Wow, 35 C is definitely on the other end of the spectrum. Too hot! I hope we can both experience comfortable temps in the days to come.
Gottcha ! Most days I am grateful that we only get three of the four seasons in one day. And yes for us lower elevations it is too damn early for snow.
I hope to keep my winter hiking boots in their box for awhile longer.
I sit here reading this wearing shorts while my A/C cranks on. No snow, but cooler weather is all I ask. Not A/C weather in almost-November.
Yeah, send some of that heat my way and I’ll return the favor by sending you some cool. Fair trade!
Deal!
You Lucky Bucky Badger – your snow melted fast! We still have some in the corners where the sun doesn’t shine. But today, maybe the rest will melt in time for the next round. This weekend will be nice though, so I’ll take a walk like you did. We’re Wisconsin Snow Vikings, we’ll survive. I do agree, waiting for snow’s arrival until after Thanksgiving would be preferred! PS – thanks for the bounce-back!! xx
We’re supposed to have a stretch of sunny days and highs in the 50’s starting on Saturday, so I hope you have the same. It will mean we have a few chances to walk or bike or sit outside in the sun with a glass of adult refreshment. How bad could that be? Winter be damned! 😁
You’re welcome for the share, Shelley. Hope you have the time and heart to blog again very soon.
Our Saturday was supposed to be like that, instead in rolled the winds of March! Hopefully this week it’ll be a bit nicer out. We still have a long list of outside projects we’d like to get done.
I’m working my way back to blogging – slowly. It’s tough to come back after taking breaks, but I’ll figure it out. I’m glad you’re finding time to enjoy it now that you’re retired. 🙂
My son lives in Wisconsin and he sent me some snow pictures. I can’t wrap my head around the idea of snow in October!
Yeah, it’s too early, even for us northerners. Winter hangs around long enough as it is.
Absolutely loved the quote!
Thank you! Not looking forward to more snow, but I think it’s right around the corner.