Let it Snow...and snow...and snow....Michigan Winter Photo Essay

"A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!"~Author Unknown 

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?" ~J.B. Priestley

"When snow falls, nature listens." ~Antoinette van Kleeff

"There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's."~Clyde Moore

"Where does the white go when the snow melts?"  ~Author Unknown

"Bad weather always looks worse through a window." ~ Author Unknown 

True or not, we plan to stay indoors, by the fire and look out at the snow. 

This is a perfect day for baking some cookies, writing cards and decorating the Christmas tree. Maybe I'll find that Christmas spirit that has been missing!

A little seasonal music sounds good. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...."

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    ANNOUNCED by all the trumpets of the sky,
    Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
    Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
    Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
    And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.
    The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet
    Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
    Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
    In a tumultuous privacy of storm.

                                ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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UPDATE:  These photos were taken about 10:30AM.  As of 2:15PM, we have about 14 inches of snow and it's still falling heavily.   Anyone know where we can get a horse and sleigh?