A Nor'easter Means It's Winter

There's never a dull moment around here. Today's excitement is a Nor'easter that is dumping lots of big wet snowflakes on us and blowing all over the place. This was the scene at lunchtime today when I was in town as the storm was beginning.

After lunch I went to the grocery store, and by then things were starting to get nasty outside. Inside the store I learned that the ground turkey I had intended to buy was not to be had, a carryover from ..... whodathunkit ..... last week's hurricane! (They're expecting their first ground turkey shipment since the hurricane tomorrow; weather permitting no doubt.) I scrapped the dinner plan for turkey chili, so we'll have beef chili instead.

This is how the garden looked when I pulled into the driveway.

And this is the back deck a few minutes ago. It's still coming down. Total accumulation is only supposed to be a few inches. But ..... schools let out early today and I wouldn't be surprised if they cancel tomorrow too.  Welcome winter!