So I admire the folks who endure Michigan winters. But have no desire to join them.

The weather is much more reasonable around metro Detroit. The last couple years, I haven't used my snow shovel or "snow sneakers" at all. I put the snow tires on the car, more because the cheap, steel, rims the snows are mounted on are preferable pot hole sacrifices compared to the $450/ea VW OEM alloys my summer tires are on.

That being said, the scenes in "Fargo" where there is no horizon, because the land is white, the sky is white, and the air is white, are very familiar to me.

Fargo - "...And it's a beautiful day" good stuff is at about the 1:27 mark

YouTube: Fargo - "...And it's a beautiful day" (Bob Vanderburgh)

My aunt used to live at a lake, in a forest, that looked much like the lake where the kidnappers hideout was.

Michigan tourist bureau view of winter.

Pure Michigan - "Snow Days"

YouTube: Pure Michigan - "Snow Days" (bloggingformichigan)

and a little counterpoint.

Pure Michigan: Winter Virgins

YouTube: Pure Michigan: Winter Virgins (Not So Pure Michigan)

My neighbor just got back from Florida today. Yesterday, was like much of September and early October: sunny with temps in the 70s. Frank comes back, and today, we get all day rain, and 50 degrees. Wow was he howling.

Steve...end laff break