Fall is here...

The leaves are turning on the trees already. We d0 get the most spectacular fall here - it's the most amazing and beautiful thing I've ever seen. It's now cool enough at night to close windows. We are getting in winter coats and snowsuits at work. And lots of our customers are plenty interested in them. We will get our first snowfall in the next 30 days, although it won't stick - yet. Trick or treating here could be done in complete snowsuits. Summer was way, way, too short this year.

We get about 240" to 260" of annual snowfall here. It snows for about 8 months of the year, including May. For us that means snowfall every single day (from 2" to 8" each day from November - March, with periodic snow in Sept, Oct, April and May). We usually get at least one major, major snowfall (like 3 or 4 ft) in April. We are not winter people. I'm cold all the time. Most foks up here cross country ski, downhill ski, jog (yes, a ton of people jog even in the winter - crazy) or whatever. Asrat is our only snow lover in the family - she can't get enough of it. It depresses me just to think about it ....I need to go eat some chocolate!