First Snow of the Season

La Nina has finally made her presence known. It started snowing yesterday about 2pm and continued for a couple hours; big, fluffy white flakes. The temperature dropped as well so the snow has stayed and we have about 2 inches here covering the trees and bushes as well as the lawn/meadow/jungle clearing. It's lovely powdery stuff; the kind that is excellent for skiing. More is expected throughout the week. John is off to California this morning. We put chains on the tires last evening in preparation for our 5am departure, expecting that with the low temps, ice would be the issue. They stayed on for the journey this morning and then, once we got to the transport drop, we removed them. I'm very glad we did it then as they were not the easiest things to remove and it was better to have two people making rude noises at the things than just me. They will not go back on unless we are nearly buried and absolutely have to use the car. As it was, the major roads were clear and the snow was spotty. So, we have 2 inches at home, but 5 miles away, there isn't any. Still, a larger system is on tap for Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, so we'll hope to keep power on and manage as best we can. Zoe was a little hesitant when she first went out in it yesterday, but since then she has let her inner Husky out and enjoys the strange white stuff thoroughly. The photo is from the start of the snowfall.