Last night with a winter storm in the forecast for late this afternoon, we decided we would get the hoses inside, remove the cushions on the porch chairs, and  get the rest of the autumn chores out of the way.  The store arrived early and we woke up to pouring rain which soon turned to snow.  So much for getting ready for winter. John managed to haul the hoses into the garage so they wouldn't freeze--as for everything else, we'll have to wait until the weekend when it's suppose to warm up and the snow should all melt away.

Since the storm lasted all day with winds up to 40 mph, we were pretty much housebound today.  John spent some time in the shop working on a project while I baked bread and did laundry.  Hanna's volleyball game for this evening was canceled--the kids even got out of school early this afternoon.  We got about 4 inches of snow in our area with much greater amounts to the north of us.  The snow and rain were a blessing since it helped put out the wildfires.  We couldn't smell or see any smoke in the air today.

This is what it looked like at 10 a.m.

when the rain changed over to snow