Kathy, don't hold your breath waiting on photos of "my" snowangel or snowman!! :) But I will take photos of the snow. I'm sure my DH will have some nice winter drives mapped out so I can see all the glorious winter landscapes, etc. He knows how much I enjoy making photos of interesting places. Besides lots of warm clothing, I'm also packing plenty of reading material because I know I'll be "house bound" a lot. Thanks Arlene and Jean for your "safe trip" wishes for me. My flight leaves at 11:35 tomorrow morning so keep me in your prayers. :) Hugs to all, Jan

Oh, I can't not read, so I've read a couple since then, but neither book was all that good. I started another one yesterday. I'm catching up on some young adult books that I might have read over the winter if I hadn't been reading AMoL. And I haven't gotten back to any of those sites - guess I got to the point that I didn't want to think about it for awhile. Maybe I will and see what other people have to say.

ask the new tenants if they mind letting your patch grow. you take care of it and when the season is over harvest and clean up your stuff.

Yeah the 2011 "Snowtober" was incredible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Halloween_nor%27easter There was a light dusting here but only 20 miles north as the crow flies the higher elevations of Lancaster Co. had up to 10 inches. Some neighborhoods in Connecticut were w/o power for 11 days, there were so many downed trees. I'm beginning to be glad I didn't plant anything tenderish like Camellias this year. I thought "three cold winters in a row would be almost unprecedented, but that's what they said about 2011, 2011, and 2012 being extremely hot summers in a row." It really feels like a repeat of 2014, already, which also started with a cold autumn. Of course with a huge El Nino this year, were are supposed to have an average winter in temps...but the Siberian snow forecast guy is saying "cold winter, but not as cold as the last two." (see Capitol Weather Gang: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/10/14/expert-ramp-up-in-siberian-snow-cover-hints-at-cold-winter-for-eastern-u-s/)