And then it got real quiet...

Ran streets this morning to beat a predicted afternoon lake effect snow.  Got out maybe 2 miles when the sky got that slate steel gray look.  Then it smelled like it was going to snow.  Then I felt it even before I could see the little flakes.  Then it got real quiet and I had a great run through the North Side and home through the snow as the city felt very still and rather pretty.  This is how it often goes around here in late November as the first snow arrives.  The fact that it is February 10th is even more remarkable.