Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Draping a layer of something white outside the house, under and across from the windows, can really brighten up the place by reflecting light into the house from more angles than usual.

(Not enough to shovel -- not even a uniform coat yet, as bits of black still show on rooftops -- but more than enough to change the albedo. Predictions last night said maybe two inches (5 cm) and they hope it'll end by evening rush hour, so it might not add up to enough to shovel even by the time it stops, or I might get away with using a broom if there aren't too many ice-footprints in my four squares of sidewalk by the time I decide there's enough there that I ought to do something. I woke up just in time to see a transition from a delicate mist of fine flakes to streamers of white flowing by the window. By the way, I love the word 'albedo'. Even more than 'insolation'. But I'm amused by Weather Underground showing a current temperature a few degrees colder than their predicted low for the day -- shouldn't today's forecast have been updated at some point?)