The Autumn Blues

I'm not referring to feelings, but to the colors on the Doppler radar map available at intellicast.com when you click on "US Radar." Green is rain, blue is snow. About this time of year, the mountain states start showing bits of blue here and there. You know it's not something passing, a little weather phenomenon that will go away and leave us in peace. It's the start of the winter season and those blue splotches will only get bigger and start moving our way. Maybe not for a while, but move they will in their own good time.

It's nicer in the Spring when they begin to peter out and pull back, when the sun shines here, the birds sing and once again the only blue on the map is over the mountain states. But that's not for now; we have to endure another winter before we get to that point.

I dunno; we do pretty well. One of my friends has a seat warmer in her car, a "must" she would not do without; we have winter clothing that is more efficient than years past; even going to the bathroom is no longer a trek out to the far reaches of the backyard.

The Blue States ... not limited to political parties and their supporters, but a good indicator these days of what's to come.