Good morning.
We will have a wintry mix of precipitation for Monday, with snow combining with freezing rain, to end by the afternoon. Snow accumulation may be under an inch.
Of snow, most respondents to the FW Friday Poll: Whitewater’s first accumulated snowfall in the 2013-14 season? picked December 16-31 (at 54.76%), with December 1-15 second at 26.19%, November 22-30 at 9.52%, January 1-15 at 7.14%, and January 16-31 at 2.38%.
Whenever it snows, there will be snowflakes, and if snowflakes, then why not photographs of them? For that task, one might turn to How to Photograph Snowflakes – with a Really Cheap Camera:
- Go out onto your porch one night during a light snowfall, and let a flake fall onto a piece of glass. Be patient and discerning.
- Light the snowflake with a flashlight from below the glass, and make sure everything remains steady.
- Get up close—about a centimeter—and stand still and snap photos, letting autofocus take over.
- Combine and average the best photos you take, and add color to bring everything out.
Consider as inducement an example of photographer Alexey Kljatov’s work:
On this day in 1783, the British leave:
…nearly three months after the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolution, the last British soldiers withdraw from New York City, the last British military position in the United States. After the last Redcoat departed New York, U.S. General George Washington entered the city in triumph to the cheers of New Yorkers. The city had remained in British hands since its capture in September 1776.
Four months after New York was returned to the victorious Patriots, the city was declared to be the capital of the United States. In 1789, it was the site of Washington’s inauguration as the first U.S. president and remained the nation’s capital until 1790, when Philadelphia became the second capital of the United States under the U.S. Constitution….
Puzzability begins a new series this week:
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This Week’s Game — November 25-29
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With Thanks
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It’s all about the stuffing this week. For each day, we started with a word or phrase, added the six letters in the word THANKS, and rearranged all the letters to get a new word or phrase. Both pieces are described in each day’s clue, with the shorter one first.
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Example:
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Rosary component; what you might go to hell in
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Answer:
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Bead; handbasket
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What to Submit:
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Submit both pieces, with the shorter one first (as “Bead; handbasket” in the example), for your answer.
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Monday, November 25
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