Yesterday morning we woke up to a winter wonderland. Overnight wet snow had fallen and covered the ground and painted the tree branches white. It was beautiful to look at and we didn’t have to leave the house.
The magnolias look a little strange with white layers on their leaves. The bits of pink peeking through are my camellias that bloom this time of year.
My bird house is inaccessible at the moment and the woods look as peaceful and lovely as a Robert Frost poem.
It was the perfect kind of snow for packing into snow balls for throwing or creating men. And it began melting off the trees early in the day so we didn’t have down branches that bring on power outages. It melted off the sidewalk and a lot of the driveway and roads. Today the sun is coming out and I’m certain we’ll only have a few patches by the end of the day.
I’m sure those of you who are regularly shoveling mountains of white stuff and driving through blizzards think I’m slightly touched in the head. Growing up in Wisconsin I had my fill of that as well. Now I live as far north as I ever want to and in that perfect place where a snowfall is a thing of beauty instead of a dreaded routine event. Stay warm and enjoy the wonder around you!
So beautiful, Kim. Have a lovely week.
Snow – what’s that!! Just kidding ..I remember it well but thank goodness there’s no snow in Palm Springs – only fires. This one is so devastating that I would rather have snow. My love to you, Jim and all of the Schneppers.
Staying warm here also 😉. Glad the snowfall was not to taxing. The grandkids are lamenting the lack of snow in Wisconsin.
12″ of snow here and have had no school for a week! It’s so pretty 😍
What a lovely tribute to nature’s beauty — and this type of snow is perfect!
Thank you for sharing. I love the way you write and tell with detail to bring the beauty of the snow.
As usual, another enjoyable read, Kim. Thank you for taking time to reflect and write such wonderful articles to include in your blog.
The snow was beautiful, as were the photos you shared. In closing, thank you for enriching the lives of so many through your gift of writing!!
Kindest regards,
Johnny
Great pictures! We got between the 2 events around 7-8” in central IN. Further south got quite a bit more. Still amazes me how people around here drive in the snow. “not a lick of sense”.
We got 4 inches yesterday. It is already melting. I too am glad it is not a usual occurrence. Stay sate and warm.
A thing of beauty and not a routine event! Perfect description of the joy that came our way yesterday!
Wow! And in Green Bay we had a dusting yesterday atop green grass! Do you think there’s something to climate change???
Love your pictures!
…a Robert Frost poem…Such a beautiful image!
Loved the pictures. Tell Jim southern Illinois has had ice storms causing power oitages and then 5 inches of snow yesterday. Be glasd you moved south.
So pretty. We haven’t had much snow so far and what we have I used the leaf blower to “shovel”.
Sounds like you had a perfect snowfall! We had a sparkly “frost on the magnolias” this morning but no flakes.
Lovely picture