First real snow
Nov. 12th, 2021 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoWell, it was more like graupel, the name skiers use for little slushballs. I think graupel is formed high in the atmosphere, wherever the margin is between sub-freezing air and temperatures above freezing. By the time it reaches the ground, it can be just slush or raindrops, but under the right conditions it accumulates on cool surfaces. Today it was unpaved areas, like decorative bedding soil or mulch. It looks sort of like soggy grits, but can be quite slippery to step on. We were out shopping when it started falling in alternating fits with splattery cold rain and plain dry wind gusts.
Asher's new blanket got a serious test today. We were gone for several hours, and when we returned he was still properly covered and protected from the weather. I was pleased. Schneider Tack gave me a $20 credit from that order, and I'm thinking seriously about getting a matching blanket in a different color for his brother Archie.
Mix of birds continues to be interesting. I heard what I'm pretty sure was a Carolina Wren this morning. We are getting groups of cardinals, male and female. The red breasted nuthatches persist, mixed in with the more common white-breasted variety. And the first dark-eyed juncos have appeared. The latter are here only during winter. Sometimes called "snowbirds" because their arrival often heralds the first snow, just as it did for us today.
Leaves are falling fast now, soon all the branches will be barren until spring.
Asher's new blanket got a serious test today. We were gone for several hours, and when we returned he was still properly covered and protected from the weather. I was pleased. Schneider Tack gave me a $20 credit from that order, and I'm thinking seriously about getting a matching blanket in a different color for his brother Archie.
Mix of birds continues to be interesting. I heard what I'm pretty sure was a Carolina Wren this morning. We are getting groups of cardinals, male and female. The red breasted nuthatches persist, mixed in with the more common white-breasted variety. And the first dark-eyed juncos have appeared. The latter are here only during winter. Sometimes called "snowbirds" because their arrival often heralds the first snow, just as it did for us today.
Leaves are falling fast now, soon all the branches will be barren until spring.
