Just love the idea of the tuba picture for the christmas card. Just a perfect background with the snow.
Thanks for sharing.
SueS

If we had snow like that, we would be in a state of emergency. I have never seen that much snow. All schools would close down. We have no idea how to drive in it. Oh my goodness....
Cathy

Great photos, Sandy - really captures the freaky early snow!

I saw that on the news, winer one day, fall the next. It's hard on the body. But sure is kinda fun. I'm quite jealous of the snow though, I so love snow.

Wow, snow. I suppose I should stop complaining that it is in the 50's when I get up in the morning (quickly rises to the 80's).
Though, with all that snow, it gives you an excuse to buy more wool, and do more knitting!

I LOVE your stripey mitten! How cheerful! :-)

And I finished my first pair this weekend. Come and see! I'm hoping to cast on another pair later in the week, if time permits. Saturday's storm has put me in mitten mode. (Never mind that it was 70 yesterday. I still need more mittens. ;-)

Wow, snow -- you can keep it! *lol*

Your mitten looks great, but that poor flower looks a little chilly ... maybe it needs a mitten too. :)

Great mitten !! I love these colors. I am in Montreal and am still waiting for the first snow...

It snowed like the Dickens here, but no sticking! It just hit the ground and disappeared, all frickin' day long. Very strange and beautiful. Today, on the other hand (speaking of mittens) I planted bulbs and thank Todd for the sunshine.

The snow looks so pretty! Some day I shall have to experience snow. I'm pretty sure all I'll do is complain about being cold, but I'd like to see it at least once.

I bet it's hard to play your instrument when it's that cold1

Oh Sandy! As one Band-Mom to another...I am sorry that I was complaining that it was cold at our football game on Friday night and the band review we were at last night! Out here in N.California we may get drizzle and fog...but no way will it EVER snow on us. Seeing these photos make me appreciate and understand the obsession with mittens and gloves. Happy Knitting!

Wow. Snow. Lots of snow. In October. You New Englanders are tough.

My first set of mittens is done and up on the blog -- scroll down. Next set? Probably to match daughters POA scarf.

Stay warm!

Thanks for the Cape Ann pictures, as always - I love the Tuba Bunch's Christmas card photo, especially. Advika looks like fun - I still haven't decided what sort of warm hands project I'll be doing (have to finish a baby sweater first). *waves* Tell home I said hello (former Cape Ann person here...)

That last picture is just breathtaking.

Keep that stuff up north! Great photos - love the Xmas card. I was talking about you yesterday - my costume tomorrow - my Salem witch hat!

Have fun with all the wackos and Happy Halloween!

So, will you miss the band stuff next year? I was in tears Friday night, as it was Meg's last home game, and senior night, where the senior football players, cheerleaders and band members get recognition. Meg has really loved her years as a member of our marching band. I won't have much time to miss it though, as Erin is moving up to the high school in the nick of time giving me four more years. That's a good thing......I think.

Love all of the photos... but especially the Tuba photo. It has this ethereal timlessness about it. Eye candy! :)

I had forgotten about the 'Smitten' booklet... will have to check it out!

As a former band parent myself (ok, so she was color guard, even worse than band cause we had to make the costumes and help with makeup and get over the fact that our adolescent girls were told to wear clingy stuff and move in ways we would normally try to discourage), I love the "fumbling around" description of football!! Hope you are warm again!

That would be *nieces*!!

I'm starting a mitten today! Nice post and I didn't know that you're a marching band parent. You know Blogless Sharon? She was a marching band parent for years - until her youngest graduated last June. She and I went to the Franklin Fiber Twist yesterday and she was remarking on how glad she was that she didn't have to be cooking burgers at the big band meetup here in East Bridgewater yesterday evening. Anyway, nice post. Crazy with the snow, huh?

My BU mieces said it was snowing yesterday but your photos still shocked a bit. Today it's a sunny, crisp day in the heartland, with trees in full color (which I'll appreciate even more now.) Finishing up my Octoberfest socks today and then on to the mittens.
Oh, and this Massachusetts girl can smell your fish chowda! Mmmmm...

Oh, you made me laugh again. You're special like that.(It was this that did it this time: "Please do notice that home team is winning. Substantially, which, I'm told is a rare occurance, one that should be savored. I'm there for the band, I do not notice the fumbling around very much. True.")
That is ONE KICKASS Xmas card picture!!!! And yeah, the mitten - gorgeous. Lots of ends to weave in, but worth it. God, I am lusting after all the colors of the Mission Falls rainbow. Should I go out and buy them all? The correct answer is NO. I have TOO MUCH YARN ALREADY. Jeeps.

We had snow this weekend, too but thankfully it is all where it belongs...in the mountains. We're going to visit it today. Rain, rain, rain in the valley for three days and we're loving it! It was a long dry summer. I started my mitten, too. I'll keep you posted. The poor sad flower (daliah?) must be so cold. Stay warm and knit, et;-)