Winter time in Ohio

Its the best time of the year with Thanksgiving just over and Christmas and New Year to look forward to.Its also the time when temps drop like a stone and lakes and ponds freeze.This year it was unusually warm till around thanksgiving with temps pleasantly in the sixties.However,like day and night change of seasons is inevitable.The cold front hit with a vengeance last week.It dumped heavy snow in Missouri and Illinois and clamped the temps down in twenties from sixties just a few days back.There are no snow showers as of yet here in Cincinnati but the wind is cold enough to chill your bones.

I do like winter as it lets you cosy up with a book or watch tv and enjoy hot meals and wine!.However removing snow or frost from the car windshield during chilly mornings is no fun at all.I normally have a habit of parking my car a fair distance from the building where I work.Actually by the time I reach most parking spaces near the building are anyways gone.The short walk can seem like ages with the wind howling and the air so cold.

Normally the first day it snows is also the time when most car accidents happen.People skidding off or loosing traction in ice.Fortunately in Cincinnati,snow storms are not so frequent as in NJ or Chicago.Last year there was one major storm which dumped quite some snow and some snow showers otherwise.The speculation for this year is stiffer as most folks say last time it was a an unusually 'mild' winter.

However,the best thing about this time of the year is the festive atmosphere and holiday lights and decorations everywhere which always lift up your spirits.The local soft rock station plays melodious christmas songs like Sinatra's "Let it snow,let it snow" and others. I hear those on the way to work and back.They are always so delightfull.I can liken this euphoria to the Diwali celebrations and ligthts back home.There are "Happy Holidays" signs everywhere and people are spending a lot of time in the malls shopping for gifts.

As they say "Happy Holidays,Happy Holidays"....