A Two Week Old Distant Memory

Yesterday we had this form of precipitation I call "Iowa." Iowa is a mixture of snow and rain and it usually comes with a lot of wind. It's crappy weather and until recently, I only saw it when I lived in Iowa. But now it seems to happen about twice a year up here in one of our lower 48's northern-most states. Consider it an inconvenient truth.

Anyway, thanks to all the wind and precipitation, the trees are barren and the ground is soggy. The crisp fall days that I love about Minnesota have been lacking.

It was only two weeks ago that I went for a walk with the dog with the sole purpose of taking in fall. Here is a picture of the footpath that goes along the Mississippi River near our house. It is ancient history now.