blowing snow

I am tired of the snow, and it is blowing again today. Today's winds are forecast to be 10-20 mph from the west. That's fine, because our driveway shouldn't blow shut again, but the highway to town was pretty nasty already this morning, and it will only get worse as the day goes on.

And yet, as we drove in this morning, I had to admit that snow blowing across the ground is pretty. At a distance, it looked like a white blanket was laying across the dark pavement of the highway. As we got closer to the blowing spots, you can just watch the snow float across the highway. Andy and I decided it looks very much like mist over a lake, except that it's moving much faster, and it's moving horizontally. But it just looks like it floats across the surface, about 2 to 3 inches above ground. And, it's very pretty.

But, it won't be pretty in another hour. Then, some of the heavier snow will stop moving across the road and the roads will become snow packed and then icy again. But right now, it's still pretty.