The wooden deck had a thin coating of ice, so I suspected the road might be slippery. It was. I saw tire tracks in front of neighbor Joyce’s house and made a mental note to take a photo on the way back. I walked on the side, mostly on gravel or grass, to the big bend. That’s about half way to the stop sign. I got up the steep little hill and told myself I was crazy. Gingerly I picked my way across the road and headed home. It was dangerous out there! In talking with Shawn later, we figured those tracks might have been made by Bob’s truck as he took Logan to school. Public schools were closed, but his charter school was not. Here is the photo of the tire tracks looking downhill.

Joyce’s message was already on my phone. She wrote, “Morning, be careful walking! Schools are closed due to black ice! My school is closed, too.”

I replied, “I WAS careful and have just come in to tell you that it is treacherous right now.”

The woman, who was due to come at that time, asked to postpone cleaning for a week. Suited me! After a quick shower I called daughter Lise, who was watching snow fall after dark in Copenhagen. She showed me snow outside her window, and I discovered it was snowing here, as well. I aimed the iPad outside the window as we chatted. At times the wind would blow hard enough to make the snowflakes skid across the deck. My video, now discarded, did not show that action.

We talked for hours and had a meal together – breakfast for me and supper for her. Later she took a photo of Kacey and me to post on my frame. She is in an upper corner.

When Lise went to bed, I continued watching the snow while sitting at my computer. It began to stick as the sun went down. I hadn’t expected ANY snow today, so my White Day was a wonderful surprise.