we had the first real snow of the year here in detroit this afternoon & evening (other parts of michigan had it sooner). i was out doing some shopping -- i came out after half an hour in a store in and there was enough snow of the perfect consistency on my driver side mirror to make a great snowball. although winter has lost its appeal for me after having endured so many, the first snow is always special. saw my first accident (nothing too serious -- two cars with little apparent damage sutck on the shoulder after one clearly lost control leaving curvy tracks in the shoulder snow), one of the reasons winter's lost its appeal.