Blizzard in Concord MA , Dec 6th and 7th 2003

While it lasts, catch the blizzard from my webcam overlooking part of Concord, Massachusetts. I'll be slogging through the snow drifts and empty streets down to Arena Farms today to pick out our Christmas tree. This would be a good day to throw some logs in the fire as well.

If you're catching this long after the blizzard is over, I'll put a small movie together of the timelapse sequences taken by the webcam and then post it here.

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  First Snowfall for Fall 2003

Well, snow fans, the day has finally arrived. Today is the first snowfall in Massachusetts this season, and the webcam has captured it all. If a few snapshots just don't do it for you, then you can always relish this short video from where ever you are...

Seems an appropriate time to quote from my favorite Nothern Exposure character, Chris Stevens, played by John Corbett. Chris read this poem over KBHR radio during the December 1993 episode.

Oh the snow the beautiful snow
filling the sky and earth below.
Over the house tops and over the streets,
over the heads of people you meet.
Dancing flirting skimming along.
Oh the snow the beautiful snow
how the flakes gather and laugh as they go.
Whirling about in their maddening fun
it plays in its glee with everyone.
Chasing laughing hurrying by
it lights on the face and sparkles the eye.
And even the dogs with a bark and a bound
snap at the crystals that eddy around.
The town is alive and its heart in a glow
to welcome the coming of beautiful snow.

Later I found the souce here...

  Webcam: Concord, MA; USA

For anyone interested in the current weather in Concord, Massachusetts, or for anyone just plain bored to tears, I've set up a webcam pointing out my home office window onto the street.

I don't actually work from home during the week, but if I stare hard enough at my monitor at work I might just fool my weary brain into thinking I'm somewhere other than this stale, monochromatic cattle stall they call a cubical.

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