Fluffy and White

So....its probably not all that fluffy...but it looks like Marshmallow Fluff covering the trees across the street from my office window. Its probably heavy and wet and thank goodness its not sticking to the pavement. Shoveling the heavy, wet stuff is the worst!

We had a flour-coating of snow when I let the dogs out on Saturday morning. That melted away by Sunday and Chris was able to stow all the deck furniture and the grill away for winter while I brought in the serving cart and potted mums.

Today we expect 1-3 inches before this is finished. I think we have 2" already. One of the guys in the office said he only remembers it snowing once in October...he was 9. LOL!!! That was 1991...the big Halloween blizzard that everyone who was alive and in the Twin Cities remembers. I was a programmer at Open Systems in Eden Prairie that year. Chris worked for OPM. It was a gruesome winter because it all stuck to the roads and it stuck around all winter. We had big ice potholes in the otherwise snow/ice packed roads and it was pretty harsh on vehicle suspensions. I'm sure the repair shops had a great season!

There was a guy on the news from one of the local apple orchards. He said the apples would be fine. They just have to get them off the trees before they hit the ground. They can't sell them once they've been on the ground (which was news to me).

So that's about it for the start of the 2nd full week of October. Just 74 shopping days (counting today) until Christmas.