This is what I awoke to this morning in Grand Rapids.
![snow covered trees and street](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ViIDeOc8qm7wtzaYl3fjjOjyVc3rMb_Y5n_uAgU95otgTp7gyAXkv9uV2qHQa9yY-snXIc7BbAxGHT11e6lRXz2qNreq-bT7q9p0cChDHHfPMaxQzkH3AhC-DECU_YlkpNzRrppgMzs/s280/snow12-01-19a.jpg)
Totally beautiful, but it had a significant effect on people's activities. The friend I stayed with lives on a hill and here's his view. Not shabby, eh?
![snow covered valley with church](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMbGOwvjMSUBV0oKSkiLM9lsSfm5UBemRTEZPY5cGUVKlfHC9c5A_0OaSDfc1F-dYJl6T1F8dq7JpHhm5dfcwVKcPe0ZlViYTyDreL9siNL05FLia6RqSNacXHp6jjRgLYqf00_Zftf0/s280/snow12-01-19b.jpg)
I loved the while against the white.
![snow covered tree](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzobeMsJCoAyAp949wqmquNJ2A4hhU2N-1GU_fImTVg3L1q9bLZr0vm8GTWojJ6hDBXCCz0FgbaVohf2wS379PuJR0_sQQR7ObOgOuzv4yssugMlYnJv__4SbCUCGR8N5n4_OtRHKYbE/s280/snow12-01-19c.jpg)
And here's my host, Doug Boulee. He's a hiking friend and we mostly talked... wait for it... hiking.
![smiling man in winter clothes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe82aB4fjglpCNGY_Er0KzDVMs42DeyBl5qK5aRB_h3KN2vvfsT3OjctSLlb0HxqwsBKZsThjD0pjxsfYerrkeFzgfPCiPlghZgWt9luMY1Vs3bs5SY6fKOYUGjJ36kKvGttNhgDTqMFM/s280/DougBoulee01.jpg)
The event was seriously damaged by the weather. About a third of the vendors didn't show up, and there were hardly any shoppers. I'm pretty sure I broke even, so I can't complain. But, darn, I sure would have liked to do better. Everyone would have.
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If you came out even you won because you got these beautiful scenes.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty but I'm not ready to be seeing that here.
ReplyDeleteToo bad the event didn't do better. But at least you did break even.