Today is a day to complain about the weather.  Well, for some folks, anyway.  We started the day with bright sunshine, but anyone who was fooled by that soon discovered they weren't wearing enough layers to keep out the bitterly cold wind.  It was 32 degrees in St. Johnsbury at around 11 o'clock today, the sun was shining brightly and there were snowflakes in the air.  We suspect there may have been more than a few flakes in the air here at Joe's Pond, but if that was the case, none of it stuck.  

The thermometer on the car was reading 26 degrees as we turned onto West Shore Road.  I went for my usual walk about an hour later, and it was bitterly cold.  The wind has gone down a bit now (3:30 pm) and the temperature has dropped to 20 degrees.  The sun has dropped behind the hill so it looks dreary on our hillside, but it's sunny and bright across the pond.  It's going to be a cold night - but no snow in the forecast.  I'm sure it's just a matter of getting used to it, but after the nice, warm days we've had, today has been an awakening to reality.

We didn't get any pictures this morning, but the Walker house is coming along - forms were visible for the foundation, and workers were busy there today.  That location is somewhat protected from the wind, fortunately.

I hope everyone will be able to get safely to wherever you need to be for Thanksgiving.  I was thinking today of the old song with the words, "Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go . . ." and just now looked it up.  I never knew, but I'm not surprised, it was originally a poem and was about going to grandfather's house, not grandmother's!  It's amazing what we think we know that sometimes turns out to be wrong.  Whatever your plans, travel safely.