The Calm Before the 14" Inches of Snow

My husband has been really busy and pretty much working seven days a week. That's a great thing when you are a contractor and it is the Winter time! No complaints here though we do miss him when he is not home. On Sunday after church, we decided to take a ride further out east on Long Island.    We live on the North Fork of Long Island in  Suffolk County so we rode further out on the North Fork . Now had we taken a turn we could go to the South Fork where all the famous people go to "hobknob" as the old expression says in the Hamptons but that's not for me. We ain't the rich and famous type mostly cause we aren't rich OR famous  :)  and I don't know the first thing about hobknobbing.

  I love the North Fork with all its farms, older homes, quaint neighborhoods, etc.  We do this multiple times during the year. I love the Agway farm store in Riverhead and the old True Value Hardware stores. They haven't changed a bit. We go to the farmstands and our favorite nurseries in the Spring and Summer and go for Fall activities in September and October.  It's just a great place to visit and it isn't far from us. The whole day refreshed our spirits! We knew what was ahead this week and fresh air and a change of scenery is the cure for most anything.

Winter makes the North Fork very silent. The water was calm and super blue! You feel very pensive when you stand at the edge. The seagulls were gathering in huge numbers.

Boats were wrapped tightly to protect them from the elements just waiting for the new season to start.

Pretty homes with gingerbread molding  stand along pretty tree lined streets.

We saw some deer in the brush along the quiet roads and some grazing in the weeds.

It was a great afternoon. The kids were off from school on Monday and then yesterday we had the snow falling!

We stayed  cozy in the house. This morning my husband left at 5:00am to plow his job sites and others.

More snow predicted Saturday and Monday.....