Color my world

The winter solstice is about to jump out, and winter weather is clearly making an appearance here. The "quick glimpse at the weather" map on the Boston National Weather Service page has been showing alarming colors all week, from the entire state colored in purple on Tuesday signifying a winter weather advisory, to the bright pink of a winter storm warning, looming, coming tomorrow.

As much as I'd like to skip the cold and snow, I do live in the northeast, and both are a fact of life here. There does seem to be a bit of a strange winter pattern brewing though; did you see the reports of 3 and a half inches of snow in Las Vegas yesteray?

Today? Perhaps a calm before the storm, blue sky decorated with chunks of white, clouds, not snow.