First Snow

Our first snow of the season fell on November 7th, just 8 days after Hurricane Sandy put a beating on our state.  In Connecticut, the snowfall is usually greater north of the Merritt Parkway and west of Interstate 91.  Because we are located right on those two dividers, we are never quite certain what we are going to get for snowfall.  In this storm, we were definitely in the middle.  We got about 6 or 7 inches of snow; along the coast, the areas hit hardest by Sandy, got upwards of a foot of snow, but north of us, only a few inches fell.  It was bitterly cold during the storm (in the low teens with the wind chill), but just a few short days later, the snow was gone and the temperatures were back in the 60s.  You've got to love New England!

The wind was whipping during the heart of the storm. 

The morning after. 

This tree is always the last to loose its leaves, so it was covered in leaves and snow.