Well, I'm still in the middle of grading (although that's winding down) and I have to go to campus later today, so I don't have much time to tarry . . . but I wanted to post some snow pictures for my niece, who's apparently missing midwestern winter . . .

Here's my favorite tree. This was taken at about 7:45 am; I love the colors of the sky on mornings like this . . .






And here are some other backyard shots:












And the gazing ball and morning glories:



I hope the gazing ball survives the winter! I have this nasty feeling we should have taken it inside by now . . .

Anyhow, as Russ would say, God, what a planet. I love winter . . .