We were warned of storms. The big one. Get moving sooner or you may not get there. Lots of early movement and action. Lots of phone calls here and there to get the latest plans and live accounts. And then it arrived.
I am not sure it was as bad as expected but in so many ways it provided plenty of chaos and adjustments to plans, events and just enjoying the holidays as they could have been enjoyed - how do you go for an after dinner walk when you will arrive home soaking wet and colder than if it was too cold to be out there...
We had the pleasure of snow, sleet, rain, wind and lots of wondering what is coming next. The cold finally arrived at the end of the festivities. On Christmas Day evening it was many degrees above freezing and moving water from puddles was the project but within a couple hours it was double those degrees below freezing and a virtual ice rink.
But the holiday, the activities and all the enjoyment and chaos must go on...and it did!
This is just a couple shots about midnight as the storm was getting started about midnight on the 23rd. It was a snowy white sleet. It is also one of the shortest days of the year and the white on the ground, in the sky and the clouds overhead made it feel like dusk and not dark at all...a very eerie yet calming moment as you walked and enjoyed the moment at the start of the storm.
Unfortunately, the pictures don't capture it all but with no flash they give you a sense of how much white, and undark it was for midnight light.
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