For the first time this winter we're enjoying both a fire in the fireplace and snow outside: and yes, it's only October in Northern Virginia!
We slept in this morning (10:30! Amazing!) and got a bite to eat at Ruby Tuesday's ahead of going to Top Golf for a round (yes, even Mary played). arriving in Kingstowne in a cold rain and 36 degrees. By the time we were done lunch, it was sleeting, and as we played our round, some of the raindrops and sleet seemed to be drifting, as if they were (could it be?) snowflakes.
By the time we finished shopping at Wal Mart and Costco, it was very definitely snowing, but since the ground is still well above freezing, nothing was sticking. But still, with the flakes flying and the windshield wipers wiping, it felt much more like December than October: we should be seeing Christmas trees, not pumpkins!
It hasn't lasted; even by dinnertime the flakes had turned into huge puffy ones and then stopped, turning back to rain. This won't last; it's to be sunny and back in the mid-to-upper 50s by midweek (around 50 for trick-or-treating Monday night). But for a brief moment, we had a taste of winter in NoVa, and I confess, I enjoyed it.
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