one long November

We have had a few days of snow and cold, but so far the winter has been very mild. On Wednesday the temperature was 54 degrees. I washed the car for the first time in a long time. A friend said he took his dog for a walk, and when they got back, the dog was infested with ticks. This is winter?
When you're writing a blog about the changing of the seasons, it makes it difficult when the changes are minimal. It feels like it has been one long November. This year they put up some plywood out front at work to keep the ice from accumulating there except there's been no ice. Sticks have been positioned to keep the snowplow off the medians except there's no snow. All in all, it's very unsettling