Chinook cloudiness on the first day of winter

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First day of Winter, 21 December 2023.

Here in Calgary, it's almost 11:30 a.m. on 23 December.  The temperature is -3C (windchill -7C), and we all woke up to a winter wonderland.  The weather forecast had looked like we might be getting a brown Christmas this year, but right in the middle of beautiful, unusually mild days, our third snowfall of the season arrived overnight.  

For many people, Christmas is a very difficult time, for various reasons.  My thoughts are with them and, as always, with those who for one reason or another will spend Christmas alone.  To those of you who don't celebrate Christmas, I hope the holiday days will be happy ones for you.  If you will be on the road, please don't drink and drive!

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas / Happy Holidays and all the very best in the New Year, 2024!

Two days ago, on 21 December 2023, I finally got out for a drive.  My last one had been on 5 December.  My plan was to spend just a few hours driving SE of Calgary, hoping, just hoping, that I might come across a Snowy Owl.  Again, out of luck.  The main roads were clear of snow and ice, but the backroads were either snow-covered, or a mix of snow and gravel/small rocks.  The latter was definitely not good for the car!  Some fields were snow-covered and others were almost bare.  Came across a farmyard, complete with Santa, which made me smile.  What could be better than a red barn AND Santa?  

I think the total bird sightings were just three Magpies.  So, it was a barn day which, for me, is always a good day.  I also stopped to take a couple of photos of a seed cleaning plant that I don't remember ever noticing before.

Taken on: December 21, 2023

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