(Photo by Brian Presser – Junction construction worker during midday snow shower today)
The chance of snow showers is supposed to run out soon, according to the latest forecast, but the big weather news will be VERY cold overnight lows – 20s tonight, maybe even into the teens tomorrow. ADDED EARLY TUESDAY AM: An ode to this endless winter, by West Seattle poet Carol Smith – read on!

A Winter’s Tale
by Carol Smith

I sent winter home today
For she was getting in my way
And cleared her cobwebs full of gloom
From out the corners of my room

I opened drapes to bring in light
And gave her back the dark of night
Then packed her things with extra care
Including all her frigid air

I could not thank her for her gifts
Of icy streets and snowy drifts
Or garden plants all grey and tired
So close to, if not yet expired

Her visit, made a little clearer
My age, for now it seems the mirror
Reflects a pale and a care worn face
Where once contentment had a place

Yet though I curse her frosty eyes
If she could make the markets rise
I’d treat her like a dear old friend
And let her stay through summer’s end