Well, we finally got it. The white stuff fell for a few hours last night after several days of rain. While we didn't get a great deal of snow, since everything was saturated from all the rain, hubby's car doors were frozen shut when the temperature fell into the 20s.
This is what it looked like just before dark last night. We even had a few rumbles of thunder during the snow.
A snowy sunrise. The sun shining through the snow covered trees is so pretty.
The snow plow spreading salt.
This is a different view of the pond in our ditch, which was frozen over this morning.
A icy look down the street.
By now the the sun is out bright, the temperatures are rising and the snow and ice will soon be a thing of the past. A typical snow in our area.
Way back in the dark ages before smart phones and home computers there was shorthand. The Gregg version was invented by John Robert Gregg in 1888. I took it in high school, (more recently than 1888) and it was probably my favorite class. All the letters and sounds of the alphabet are represented, but the key to shorthand are brief forms. Brief forms are words or phrases represented by one symbol, which increased efficiency.
After learning the alphabet and brief forms, we took dictation. This was the fun part. We started out at around 40-60 words per minute, and worked up. I think my max rate was 140 words per minute. We had to take and successfully transcribe 120 wpm to pass. The funny thing was that after taking it at 110 or 120, going back to 90 or 100 was actually harder. I think it was because we were used to the higher speed and had to recalibrate.
The Big Pinnacle has been closed to the public since the late 70s. The old staircase by which one reached the summit finally fell apart and was removed. 
