I looked out my window at 7:30 this morning and was surprised to see more snow. I thought yesterday’s snowfall was a fluke, and all the stuff would be gone by today. Nope.
My beautiful purple mums that survived the hard frost last week have now bit the dust officially. Can you see their purple blooms beneath the snow?
It’s unusual to see leaves still on the trees yet.
I hope you are not tired of snow photos yet. I’m not! I actually like this season and, if it was warm enough for comfort, would be happy to sit outside and enjoy it around me. We’ve got about 2-3 inches so far in town, and it just keeps coming! In higher elevations, they have several inches.
Yesterday’s storm, unbeknowst to me until I checked the forecast this morning, was a nor’easter, those Northeast equivalents to hurricanes. Nor’easters are swirling air currents which scoop up moisture from the Atlantic in a counter-clockwise motion; if we are also getting cold temperatures streaming in from Canada, we get the moisture in the form of blizzards. This nor’easter has run it’s course, but it kick-started another quirky Northeastern weather condition we call “lake effect,” which is streams of bursts of heavy snow coming from the two Great Lakes east of us (Ontario and Erie). Might be sunny one minute and white-out conditions the next. I live in the Mohawk Valley, the lowest geographic area of the state, so we are more protected from the storms; when I lived by Oneida Lake, we’d easily get 5 feet of snow in a day with one of these storms.
The fire siren went off regularly yesterday, at least four times for my small town of 1,500 people. Lots of accidents, two of them severe that I heard of. 
I wish people would not drive, or drive very slowly in these conditions. Upstate New Yorkers are some of the best winter drivers, I think, but the first few snowfalls are always rough on unprepared roads.
So we’re home today, cuddled in our blankets. Manhattan Clam Chowder is simmering in the crockpot, and the soothing hum of the laundry dryer fills the background. I hope you are having a blessed day, with or without snow!
October 29, 2008 at 11:56 am
Pretty photos! I love your last paragraph. I can’t remember the last time we were all cuddled up in blankets, etc. Sort of makes me want to be snowed in!
October 29, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Hi.
I really like snow, but in pictures, as I hate cold weather. Here in Algarve doesn´t snow. In Portugal snows in center and north regions, specially in “Serra da Estrela”, the highest mountain in my country.
My daughter asked me to go there to see and play with snow, but it´s so cold in that region…the only way is going there in Spring, before the snow melts.
Cheers.
October 29, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Some lovely snow photos. They’re so different from the types of photos you get in the dead of winter because there are actual colors peaking out from the snow.
Like Kim said, I like the vision you paint in the last paragraph. Some clam chowder and the family cuddled together in blankets sounds very nice right now.
October 29, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Sounds like the perfect way to spend a snowy, cold day. It’s supposed to be 75 here in N. Texas today! Our leaves are still green and it is sometimes difficult to remember it’s not Spring!
October 29, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Wow, it was snowing here too… I live in Dutchess County and it snowed for about 5 minutes and then the sun came out.. Weird… I love the pics but I am not looking forward to WINTER….
October 29, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Oh my goodness, says the girl living in snow-free central Florida. They’re saying it will be an unusually harsh winter for every one this year. Bundle up!
October 29, 2008 at 8:43 pm
It’s great that you have snow! Over here…blistering heat. Hope the rain comes back
October 29, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I was going to say I am shocked to see snow in Oct but then I remembered when I lived in Ithaca and we got snow on Halloween. Eeek.
October 30, 2008 at 2:25 am
Love the snow pictures and the idea of snuggling in warm blankets , having chowder, sounds marvelous. This are the times and moments to enjoy; the children grow up far too quickly.
October 30, 2008 at 7:35 am
O M G !
I men okay, the pictures look nice, but if I imagine we will have the same here soon… brrrrr! No! I don’t want winter. I have to find the weather man and have a talk with him!
October 30, 2008 at 10:37 am
Must be so pretty now in fall ~ snow so early in the season. I’ll have to check with my brother in Rochester ~ reminds me fondly of my trip to Keuka in May.
October 30, 2008 at 11:59 am
How lovely! I am soooo envious. I think we are in for an interesting winter here in Kansas. We have already had one forecast of snow (that we actually did not receive in our area), which seems very early us. When I first moved here, I kept telling people how much I was looking forward to the snow…and I was told…be careful for what you wish. Seems that the year before it began snowing Halloween night and did not stop until after Thanksgiving. My thoughts were and STILL ARE….yeeeehaw!
October 30, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I love your snow photos so…..keep posting them!!!Since we rarely get snow here in Dallas and rarely get cold weather, seeing your photos gives me hope that maybe snow is coming soon for us. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!!!
October 31, 2008 at 9:47 am
I like snow pictures when they are taken from somewhere that is not here. I went to college in Buffalo. I’ve had enough snow for my life time. However it is very pretty to look at. Thanks for sharing.
November 2, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Thanks for sharing the photos. They are cool to see and wish that snow was here.
November 4, 2008 at 12:17 am
The snow is beautiful, but that means it will be here in Ohio before we know it
. It was an incredible day today though, 70 and sunny. Very strange for the beginning of November, but I’m not complaining. I could go for at least a few more weeks of that kind of weather. 