Ready for the winter. This is our first season with the 2024 HR-V as the white stuff hits our part of the world. The 2019 model handled it well, so expect good things from this Honda, too. Knock on wood.

Let it linger. The early December snow did not want to leave the backyard lilac bush. This season, the leaves were down and gone before the white stuff arrived.

Here we go. Usually our first plowable snowfall arrives much earlier than the first week of December in our part of the world. The plowing service arrived and cleared the driveway, I got our walk done with the shovel and our car with the brush, and off we went to get my dear wife Karen…

Cleared. The car looked ready for my trip the to library after my brush action on Friday morning. Dog-friendly, still. The side alcove didn’t look too bd, either. This first dose of December snow did not come with a big sideways wind.

Of course I must text with my terrific daughter Elisabeth when we get snow before morning travel to work. She assured me her drive was doable. And she sent me the photo above after arriving to the Orthopedic Specialist complex in Hamilton, with the tag line: “This is how we measure the show.” More than…

It took only one day to look very normal after the big Northeast storm passed through our way. After clearing the cars and shoveling our walk, I’d say our part of Central New York got a half-foot before people had to stir on Thursday morning. Could have been more, I knew after hearing about other…

Before we flip into 2020, I will say that the 2019 backyard snow looked OK at this point.