Where’s winter this year?

Unless you live in Hawaii or spend the whole day in the basement, you must have noticed by now that winter has not yet arrived.  I mean, it has arrived technically.  That happened on December 22nd.  But, it hasn’t arrived in spirit.  Where’s the snow and ice?  The ground should be under a foot of snow by now.  The lake should be solid ice by now.  But, there’s only a few inches of frozen foam along the shore.  The geese are still swimming around and feeding!  The picture of Lake Mendota below was taken this morning.

I know that some people are happy about the lack of snow, but my wife and I just bought new cross-country skis.  The weather even caused me to have trouble getting in the Christmas spirit this year.  In fact, I just bought the last item on my shopping list today, three days after Christmas!  In case you’re missing winter as much as I am, here are a few pictures of what it should look like this time of year!

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