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Promises, promises…Wayfarer’s Park

So…we’ve been under either a Winter Storm Warning, Winter Storm Watch or Winter Weather Advisory since Saturday. So far a lot of bluster, a few squalls, a few flurries.

I took Bear to Wayfarer’s at lunchtime.

Not really a “picnic by the lake” kind of day…

It was as cold as it looks…not so much the temperature, but the wind.

Even blowing from the south-southwest, it was not a warm wind. But it was strong and from that direction, it certainly riled up the lake at the Wayfarer’s end.

The heavy snow has reportedly started in the Idaho panhandle and western-most Montana. NOAA reports that some areas are getting a foot of snow in a hurry and some areas nothing. Huh. At one point they forecast 4 to 8 to 12 inches in Flathead Valley.

We’ll see.

This evening, as I write this, the wind is howling and it is snowing heavily… :)!

Fire crackling in the woodstove. Bob and Bear and I are cozy inside. It is mid-January – barely a month into Winter. Let it snow!

Kila in Winter

Bear and I made a quick trip to Kila this morning to collect Bob’s insulin from Calm Veterinary. Winter Storm Warning and Watch is in effect and they are promising snow. There were squalls here and there and in Kila, next to Smith Lake, beautiful hoar frost.

Even the dry weeds have beauty when decorated with the heavy frost.

We walked on the “Rails to Trails” walk along the lake and Smith Valley.

The palette of the landscape was soft and pale, especially compared to Kila in Summer.

Out and about

Another work deadline met, Bear and I headed to town for a few supplies, stopping on the way at a favorite river access for a quick walk.

The light looks like Fall light – that crisp, clear light with sun, some clouds and sharp contrasts.

The boat launch looks a bit on the iffy side… BUT, there was a truck and empty trailer in the parking area, so someone figured out how to get on the river. Bear and I stood and contemplated…

And then went on to the dump…

A cold front was whooshing in. Dark clouds with openings here and there, light on the lake – beautiful.

The days errands accomplished, we headed home and later…

the waxing gibbous, more than 3/4 full but high in the sky before sunset.

January?

January 2 in Northwest Montana….really?

Really.

Ugghh…Whitefish Mountain…or as those of use who have been in these environs for a while say…Big Mountain…looking lacking in the snow deparment.

And the road home??? Beautiful, but ditto!

January??? Looks like March to me.