Snow time in Michigan

November is about to end, meanwhile the snow did its first visit already! We were having aorund 10 degC during the week, so we didn't expect so sudden change in the temperatures, but snow surprised us yesterday during breakfast. But despite of the inconvenience that the cold temperatures bring, the impression we get the first time it snows is always pleasant, as looking at some wonderful magic coming from the skies. Of course, it changes the next minute, when trying to adapt the plans for the cold weather...

We have been living almost 9 months in our home already, and are very happy with it. However, there are some things we didn't see at the beginning. One of the things is the two big deciduous trees. There is a layer of leaves both on the back yard, but mostly on the front yard. This is one of the lessons learned for the next time that we look for a house. No big, beautiful trees whose leaves will end up on the floor every fall :)

This photos were taken some weeks ago. As you can see, the leaves were covering the grass completely.We've learned that this can damage the grass, so you can imagine the entertainment of the last few weekends.

Hard work, but also beautiful to see. As you may know, fall is the most beautiful season in Michigan, because of the bright colors that the leave gradually take. People like to travel "up north", to the Upper Peninsula (UP), and enjoy this symphony of colors. I'll upload some photos from the internet, since this year, with our trip to the southwest, we haven't been collecting a lot of photos from around. 

The leaves on the trees make a gradual change from green to red. We could almost see the difference from day to day, when we were walking around the neighborhood. 

Notice the amazing combination of brilliant red, mustard yellow and pale green. This, together with the reflection effect on the multiple lakes of the state, make one of the most beautiful sceneries, especially on sunny days (which, I must say, were quite frequent).

Yes, indeed the most beautiful season. Unfortunately it is already over, now these snowy and gray days became the norm, together with the coldness and the darkness... The next two photos were take yesterday morning, when we realized it was snowing...

Different from the previous pictures, huh? OK, but before getting depressed, it is important to think what is yet to come. Now we are entering the "holiday season", as they call it around here. This is basically the Christmas time, however joined together with the Advent period, so at the end it is almost one and a half months of celebration. It usually starts with Thanksgiving, which takes place next Thursday. This means that this is a short week, only three days of work! On Thursday, since we don't have our family to celebrate with (and since we are not Americans) we decided to call for an "International Thanksgiving", with some European friends who, like us, came here on assignment. We'll tell you more about that in our next entry, it is going to be fun!

Thanks for reading, 

Lita & Andres