it’s snowing!
it snowed a bit on monday, too. it’s nice because the snow from the last storm was starting to look pretty dirty. yesterday’s and today’s flakes are just enough to freshen up the view and make the trees look gorgeous.

i’d show you a picture of just how pretty it is, but…well…i sort of completely broke my camera.

i had the camera in my hands, and was stepping over something. as i raised my leg i didn’t notice that my foot had gotten caught in the camera strap. so as i put my foot down, i pulled the camera out of my hands and effectively slammed it to the floor. mind you, in the past five years of owning this camera it has been through, and survived, a lot. and i have dropped it many times. the difference this time is that i had the camera on and the lens was extended. this combo of circumstances is what did the poor thing in. it all seems very sudden to be without my camera. i can’t believe it is broken.

because of this, the other thing that you won’t really be able to see is first night 2008. we went last night to the center of town to watch the countdown ball raise at midnight:

that’s right, in our town the ball goes up!
(we do things a little differently around here.)

there was quite a crowd gathered in the center of town at 11:55 when we arrived. the whole main intersection was packed solid:

these pics taken with a camera phone, not quite the same quality, huh? if you would like to have a slightly better sense of the festivities, visit this person’s blog and scroll down about halfway through the post. he seems to be the first to get first night photos up so far.

there is actually a ton to do all afternoon and evening at first night, but we skipped all that this year, had a good dinner, relaxed with friends and then just showed up for the grand finale. perfect.

here’s to a lovely, quiet and simple 2008!