Next to Last Day of 2022 (December 30, 2022)

Wonderful change the past couple of days here. Over the days just before and after Christmas, we had the monster storm to deal with. Sure a White Christmas is beautiful but with wind chills down to -39 , the massive problems it caused with power outages and travel on a national level it was quite the adventure. Luckily here the lights stayed on, and we stayed home. 

Still, last couple of days and thankfully for a few more days it is almost springlike. Temperatures are in the 60's which is great for this time of year, the snow is melted for the most part and get to walk and awake to views like these here around the lakes at my house. The rainbow was a really pleasant surprise. Comes with some rain but even that is a blessing as it washes the salt from the streets and as we are in a drought is a real bonus. 

Sure there will be some more winter, hopefully more calm than the storms of the past few days, but days like this here in Ohio are a real blessing!   

 

Christmas Sights (December 30, 2022)

One of our favorite things to do during Christmas time is to drive around listening to Christmas music and look at the lights. Seen below are two sights in downtown Dayton, followed by two houses in Huber Heights (three photos though) and finally the 151 foot tree in Carillon Park in Dayton. We did that a few times this year and really enjoyed those drives. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas 

 

First Snowstorm of Winter 2022/2023) December 22, 2022

Last night the big snowstorm hit, have been expecting it for the past few days. Came with a fury including high winds and the biggest snow since, well, since last winter. Hard to tell how much as with the 40-50 mph winds its hard to measure. Much of the snow has been blowing. 

Did get out this morning though, and walked down to the lake to check out the snowfall, visit with the Canadian Geese, and just look it over. I do find snow beautiful and it was fun to get out for a bit. That bit was not long though with a temperature outside of -9 degrees at the time.