Guess what is starting!

  
   Forget the calendar.......Winter has begun.
   Officially, of course, the season begins on
December 21st with the 'Winter Solstice when
the earth's axis points away from the sun.
    The few flakes of snow that felt Thursday
night provide circumstantial evidence for my
observation. So does the forecast that calls for
a substantial snowfall today!
     The news crews were sent as far out as
possible to snow us whatever flakes they
could find.
     But wait......there's more!
     My Miata has been moved behind
my wife's car for the first time since May.
     It's protective cover is already in place.
     It may be the 'winter sign' I mind most
of all!
     The Anti Freeze has been placed in
prominent positions in the Auto and Big
Box stores.  (I've placed it in my vehicles
too!)
      Our campground turned off the
water supply and closed the rest rooms for
the season. So if you do go........
you'll have to find a place 'to go.'
       Then there are the trees.
There's still color in the leaves that
remain. But the brightest are gone now.
        And enough of the leaves are gone so
you can now see things in the woods that
are all but invisible during the summer.
That's actually kind of neat!
         My heavy jackets have been moved to
the front of the closet. Any time now the
sneakers will give way to the Wolverines.
(The boots...not the animals.)
         There's also solid evidence
that  'Winter"  is here.
         Baseball has ended!
         The World Series (they still call it
that even though the Yankees were not there)
came to a close last night and "the boys of
Summer" have gone away until Spring.
          That, to me, is proof beyond a
reasonable doubt!
           Hope your skis are ready and that
all your NEWS is good!