Sunny morning

It won't last.  But we do have sunshine and actual shadows out there, wan though the aspect may be.  Last I checked, the weather folks had not backed down from their threat level.

Neighbor up the street died a couple of days ago, "Van" of Van's Texaco (service station at the end of our block, now a Chinese restaurant of questionable repute.)  Cheerful old guy, Korean War vet, we used to see him out walking at the same time we took our regular evening stroll.  And he took good care of the old '69 Valiant when we first moved into the neighborhood.  With all the noise and fury and hate in the world, you tend to forget how many quiet decent people live in it.

And so it begins...

Teeny tiny snowflakes drifting in the breeze.

Wife and I snatched an afternoon walk from the preliminaries, on the theory that it might be our last chance for a while.