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Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 pm
The snow makes the world so different. Quieter. Lighter, especially at night. Joyously peaceful. Your photo captures a tiny bit of that.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:55 pm
Unless you have a dog you have to take out on a leash to do her business. 5 or 6 times a day. I’m already tired of putting on the boots and scarf and hat and coat and gloves. She’s tired of waiting for me to do all that too.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 pm
scarf, hat, coat, gloves and ice grips. But I refuse to take him out during daylight. So I only gear up three or four times each night. What a spoiled pooch!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 pm
scarf, hat, coat, gloves and ice grips. But I refuse to take him out during daylight. So I only gear up three or four times each night. What a spoiled pooch!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 pm
scarf, hat, coat, gloves and ice grips. But I refuse to take him out during daylight. So I only gear up three or four times each night. What a spoiled pooch!
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Transitions!
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December 4, 2025 at 5:56 pm
Definitely. The Japenese maple held on to her leaves for a long time this year, and dropped most of them the day or so before all the snow. A few are still blowing around.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:22 pm
Simple beauty
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December 4, 2025 at 5:58 pm
True
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December 3, 2025 at 10:17 pm
Very striking red on white, Fall versus Winter … oh wait, it’s still Fall (though it sure doesn’t feel or look like it out there!)
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December 4, 2025 at 5:58 pm
Feels like full on winter, doesn’t it!
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December 4, 2025 at 8:14 pm
Yes and I hate it! Supposedly we’re having a brief warm-up in two weeks. Sigh.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:01 am
Stark, simple winter beauty.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:32 pm
Kind of like a minimalistic winter scene.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:45 am
Lovely, Dawn, no words necessary!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:32 pm
Agree.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:48 am
Such a pretty contrast, but signals winter has definitely arrived. Last leaf on fallen snow. We have dodged that bullet so far, but they say this weekend maybe
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