Snow!!!

Or what would probably more accurately be described as "pre-snow" -- it's that really fine stuff that's technically snow, but is barely there. Sort of the "light drizzle" of snow. We're supposed to get a few inches of the real stuff starting this afternoon, but it was still a bit of a shock to see this stuff floating down this morning. I'm just excited because it's been a few years since we've had any measurable snow here. Not an uncommon thing, really... although we happened to move to the area (wow, ten years ago next month!) just in time for the two worst winters in recent history, and even after all this time I still expect the weather to be like that and am surprised when we get no snow at all.

Hmmm... I need a good snow icon! Although speaking as someone who got dumped on back during the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption, ash can certainly double as extremely dirty snow... so the current icon actually kinda works.

ETA: It's now 11:35am and we have flakes! Big fluffy flakes! Nothing sticking to the ground yet, but I suspect it's only a matter of time.

ETA2: And ten minutes later it's starting to stick. Whee!!!