The first snowfall of the season has dusted the tops of our local hills at last. This year it’s a welcome sight, not only for the skiers, but for the townspeople who have been under a “Boil Water Advisory” off and on for weeks, due to the heavy rainfall and flooding.
The sun even came out for a few minutes to highlight the cool hilltops.
Everyone is talking about it, even the ducks, 
With all the rain that’s fallen here,
We ducks don’t cry, but rather cheer.
But as the chill turns rain to snow,
We start to wonder where to go.
Maybe we will be in luck
And fields won’t turn to frozen muck.
The corn and grain in farmers’ fields
Is filling for the strength it yields
But if it freezes, in our strife
We’ll have to eat aquatic life.
cute poem Annali, and the ducks talking! plus, I was enchanted with the mists lying beneath the mountains and the dusting of snow above – so lovely a photo 🙂
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Thanks, Debi. I wanted to show the layers, from cold to “warmish.”
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Cool! lol
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Aw…what a cute poem and accompanying photo, Anneli. That first shot is amazing!
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I was quite surprised to see the snow, but at least it’s where it should be – up in the hills.
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I liked your poem! It’s cooling here now too. The wind is very cold today.
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I know how chilly that Montana wind can be and when snow is in the air, it only gets worse. I wouldn’t like to be there in those bitter cold winter days. Glad you liked the poem. Thanks.
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Lovely photos! The critters up in your area are quite talkative. I can’t get a word out of ours. 🙂 We’re cooling off, but not like usual. I can’t complain too much.
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Oh, I know! The animals around Comox are so chatty!
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What a beautiful view! While most ducks have already migrated some mallards remain throughout winter here.How about out west?
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We have tons of them, and many stay the winter as it isn’t usually too cold for long in the valley, and we have the warming effect of the ocean. (“Warming” might be overstating it, but it keeps the freezing temperatures away for most of the winter – at the lower levels.)
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Gorgeous photos!
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Thank you, Raili.
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The ducks here don´t speak English so I can´t understand what they are saying. The photos are just great again!
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Listen carefully. It’s probably Czech or German over there and I’m sure you can figure out what they’re saying.
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Lovely photos 🙂
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Thanks, Arlene. There’s always something interesting going on.
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Great shots Anneli
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Thanks, David. I bet your brother has a good view of those snowy hills.
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He does. I’ve seen the view from his yard. Spectacular.
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The Vancouver area is on a short list of places I want to visit some day, if I can ever get my claustrophobic butt back in one of the tin-cans that go high up in the air. 😛 Those pictures are majestic.
So, have you had to boil water? Is it pretty cold there now? Chicago is usually way colder than it has been. Since miid-October it’s been in the 60’s & 70’s. Today it is 72!! Unfortunately, there is a shift afoot and by Saturday it’s going to drop 35 degrees.
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You do have an extended summer in the interior of the continent. But you pay for it later, unfortunately. We don’t have to boil our water. We live just outside town and have our own well (228 feet deep) and the water is good. I feel sorry for people in town though.
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Wonderful pictures!
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Thanks, Pit.
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Glorious pictures, and cute poem! 🙂
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Thanks, Rebekah.
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I loved the snow dusting like powdered sugar on the mountain peaks and evergreens. I also liked the words in poetry form, Anneli. 🙂
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The poems are fun.
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Thanks for the reblog, Vikas.
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