Spring (?)      Waxing Seed Moon

The sky has a rippled layer of cumulus from horizon to horizon, gray and low hanging.  The dewpoint is low and the barometer has taken a turn straight down, anticipating the oncoming storm.  Out on the South Dakota Minnesota border where Blue Cloud Abbey sits on the Coteau Hills a blizzard has visibility down to a quarter of a mile.

The current prediction from NOAA:

SPECIFICALLY…AREAS AROUND OLIVIA TO BUFFALO TO CAMBRIDGE
MINNESOTA WITH HAVE LOCALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS AROUND
NEW ULM TO THE TWIN CITIES WILL HAVE LOCALLY ONE INCH…POSSIBLY
AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES.

My gut tells me we’ll get more, but this evening will tell.  We had winds of 20 mph around 2 p.m. and they’ve kept the bell ringing here all day.

After a bit of a rocky start my new computer and I are on the way to becoming friends.  We can now communicate.  Feels good to get it up and functioning.