Heavy Sounds in the Night

Something brought me upright from a deep sleep a bit after 2:00 AM last night. At first, I knew only that some inexact sound had awakened me. As I lay there, trying to figure out which way was up and which way Elvis went, a large yet weirdly muffled "whump" shook the house.

I rolled from bed, took a few steps, and listened nervously.

"Whump! Whump!"

I made my way to the hallway.

"Whump!"

And then it struck me. The warming temperatures were at work here. I had been awakened by heavy accumulations of snow sliding off my roof and hitting the ground. I am sharing a couple of late-night photographs of proof for your pleasure.

Heavy Snow

—Mitchell Hegman