Another snow, another wedding

Last week I mentioned another Atlantic crossing...and the next one is coming up a week from today. We're looking forward to getting back to Madeira. For one thing, when there's snow in Madeira, it's only on the mountain peaks, and rarely more than a few inches deep. We got pictures this week of the first snow of the winter. This will give you an idea.



These pictures were taken at the top of the island, around 1800m (6000ft) elevation. Snow (more commmonly, sleet) may fall three or four times in a winter, and perhaps once every couple of years, to depths of 30cm (12") or more. But you don't have to go up there and freeze, unless you want to.


Compare that with the snow (yes, again!) we got yesterday and last night. A little bit of snow is falling now at the end of the day.




A glimpse of the flag flying over the cemetery guarded by oak trees that still hang onto their leaves, as the snow begins to fall yesterday.






This morning, we woke up to this scene from Joy's back door.










Here's Joy this morning, going to work appropriately dressed for these below freezing temperatures. But I wonder how well she does on the keyboard with those gloves on.









Another Atlantic crossing, another snow, another wedding... We were in Tulsa last week for a friend's wedding; Saturday, my nephew Joshua is getting married in the Houston area. It's a 9-hour drive from here, the Internet mapmakers inform us. Hopefully the snow and ice factor on the highways will be largely past by tomorrow, when we hit the road; otherwise, the Internet prediction of 9 hours will have little meaning.