Scenes of Almost-Winter

As I write this we're about eleven days or so from the start of winter. I live in the Buffalo area, though, and winter is starting to show itself, like an impatient performer eager to take the stage. In fact, around here the last third of autumn really tends to be indistinguishable from autumn. We're not blanketed with a snowpack that will last months just yet, but it's coming. Meantime, here is a set of wintry images from Western New York. The first photo is from November 3; the last from yesterday.