Second Day of Spring - II
Carol was up about 5:30 to work at home to update files at work but our reception wasn't working well so we drove into her office where things went better - when the snow started in earnest we headed home about ten -
Swirling Snow
the storm sweeping up the east coast of the United States is bringing a mixture of snow, rain, and sleet to the Maryland area today with only a small accumulation expected this early - though by tomorrow evening we should be loaded with eight to 12 inches (@25 - 40 centimeters off the top of my head)
BUT while driving home from the orthopedists, the precipitation though mild was making lovely swirls across the highway as I drove, reminding me of long ago in January of 1974 when I was driving a U-haul Truck loaded with house furnishings as I drove from Maine to my newly acquired farmhouse in the rural environs of Cape Breton - only the swirls were larger and lasted for hours getting larger and larger until I was driving in a complete white-out doing about 10 miles an hour - what an adventure, I drove across one bridge not even knowing it was a bridge until the wind ceased enough to let me see that I was coming off the bridge driving in the 'oncoming lane' - eventually I made it to the causeway to Cape Breton still in white-out and with the Mounties letting me cross but closing the road behind me to all traffic for the night.
I had pulled over to take this photograph but not quickly enough to capture the great swirls I had just drove through here in Maryland.
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