OK, So It Snowed

At last! We awoke Friday morning to that crazy quiet that only occurs when you have a significant snowfall. By midafternoon, it was raining and half melted, but I did not come here to complain. So Saturday afternoon we headed northwest, to where the heavier snow was reported to have fallen, and had a great hike through an all-white landscape in the environs of Redding, Connecticut. (The drive there, by the way, was half the fun: it followed a river that was sparsely lined with 18th- and 19th-century barns, churches, and New England saltbox homes.)

I took lots of photos with my wee, fun new Polaroid t830 digital camera, nervously acquired two weeks ago from woot.com. Alas, it was our first outing together and I hadn't been warned that if you don't remove the date and time stamp, it comes out a distracting garish yellow that kind of ruins the pictures. Better luck next time, I hope. But the video was not afflicted so, so please enjoy.