Winter is Here!

Winter, or at least what I always imagined winter being, is here!   I grew up in South Texas where winter usually consisted of a month or two of 40-50 degree weather, and the occasional 20-30 degree day.  Few and far between were a day or two of ice, or if we were really lucky a smattering of snow.  I'm now in Tennessee where we have four seasons that are definable, and I love it.  How do I know winter is here? Well, the temperature has been in the 20s or lower for more than 4 days AND there is snow on the ground!  I must admit I am extremely curious about the snow.  It is beautiful and romantic, but it is also dangerous, and I wonder how people who have it on the ground all winter deal with it.  In the meantime, I've been out enjoying the white stuff. Here are a few pictures from around campus.  We even had a student try to sled on a garbage can lid down the hill out back.  Unfortunately, I don't think we had enough snow for it.

sledding

Icicles

The lake, can you see the snow on the opposite shore?

More of the lake.

Me bundled up.  My fingers were beginning to get a little numb at this point.  I went in shortly after.