A short break in the action

This will be brief. I just wanted to show you something.

This was taken from the sidewalk in front of my front door at about 5 p.m. today, looking towards the middle school located a block away ...
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And here is the view from my back porch at the same time. You can easily see the sidewalk and my car ... can't you?
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Yes, I'm afraid it's true. Winter has caught up to us at last. We had some brief periods of snow and wind at times during the day, but it quickly melted. Then, towards the evening, a heavier band arrived, and that's what you see here. It's been snowing on and off since then. I guess we have about an inch of wet snow right at the moment, and it's supposed to continue overnight. Since it's so wet, it probably will be gone within 48 hours, but the snowflakes will come more often.

At least I didn't have to drive around in it--this time, anyway. I got to stay home and relax for a while, watched a movie with my wife, and now I'm doing a little writing.

This week will be much less frantic than last week. The football and volleyball playoffs are both on hold until Saturday; so I won't have to run anywhere in the evening. They both resume action at the same time, about 100 miles away from each other, so I'll have to pick one or the other. I'll also work on some basketball previews--that will be starting around the end of November.

It's a quiet week. I can stand it. It's very welcome.