Winter wonderland

It is absolutely gorgeous outside right now.  It got really cold really fast around here, and now it's really, really pretty.  We were expected to get some snow this morning, but not in time to get us a snow day.  It didn't begin until around 8ish, and it's really come down since then.  We were forecasted to get about half an inch, but when I just went out to measure it was nearly 1.5 inches of snow!  It's definitely not going to get warm enough to melt anytime soon either.  Thursday's high is going to be in the teens with nearly dangerous wind chills in the overnight.  I'm so glad winter has arrived, although a little more of a transition in the temps might have been nice.  In the meantime, I'm enjoying the gorgeous scenery of the snow!