Tuesday night's snowfall was our biggest this year. Out my window, I saw what looked like a heavy white lace curtain blowing in front of the street lamps. For drivers on Detroit's expressways, that white lace curtain covered their windshields causing white-out conditions. But the kids in our community loved this storm because it gave them their first "snow day" of the winter. Things have to be pretty bad before our community gives in to the weather. We have excellent snow removal services so I guess they figure as long as cars can get through, the kids can go to school. And because they didn't have school on Wednesday, I saw lots of youngsters out walking and playing in the snow. When I left the gym, two boys were digging a tunnel under the huge pile of snow that had been shoveled so my van could get into the disabled parking space. They said they were making a fortress. Sound familiar? We used to do the same thing back in the 1940s.

We've been touched by magic this winter--lots of beautiful snow, blue skies and sunshine, cold crisp days and nights, and lately, just enough hints of spring to give us hope that it will come again this year. I hope this composite image gives you some sense of what we've been experiencing here in Detroit. Rainbows swirling in snow...