The foggy morning decorated the trees and other things with hoarfrost making pine trees appear white and stripping even more color from the landscape. I like to see the hoarfrost in sunshine and blue skies to see the crystals sparkle and stand out before they melt. But many times like today, it stayed cloudy and when the wind picked up, it looked like it was snowing as the frost fell.
Decorated in Hoarfrost
Another coating of snow was added to the ground overnight covering any trace of green grass. I always thought red barns looked better against the snow than white barns but I prefer red barn displayed with the summer greenery instead.
Red and White
Shoveling snow every morning may be a pain in the butt, but running into stick-tights, burdock, and other burs can be a pain in the finger as I always seem to get them stuck in my fingers when trying to get them off my clothing. And with their little hooks, they do ‘stick’ very well.
Sticking Burs
It was another gray day with light snow falling throughout the day. I rather have a gray day in the summer when it is not raining so I can take a hike through rock formations but I wouldn’t like to try this hike on a day like today if the trail is icy and snow covered.
Walking Through Old Lava Flows
During the snowfall this morning, two squirrels were playing in the snow like two little kids as they chased each other across the lawn making the snow fly even more. At times the chase game found them winding up and down trees before they found their way back to the bird feeder or hiding in the tree.
Squirrel Up a Tree
The snow was sparkling this morning with the sunlight reflecting off the snow crystals. But sunshine in winter generally means cold temperatures and it was this morning starting out at two degrees, although it wasn’t as cold as it was when I had hiked out to the ice caves several years ago to see sunlight sparkling off thicker ice pieces.
Sunlight Reflecting on Ice
The snow was falling this morning and then later it was flying when the wind was gusting to 36 mph as the temperature began to fall. Watching white clouds racing across the sky on a sunny summer day would be more enjoyable.
Summertime Cloud Watching
Sunday morning arrived with another snow dusting and sounds like more snow tomorrow morning too. So far it has just been the nuisance kind and not a lot at one time so no deep snow drifts yet to wade through to church.
Church in Winter Snow
As I was shoveling the snow off the cement this chilly morning, I was thinking that I would have rather been raking leaves on a warmer day instead.
Autumn Orange
Four days in a row with snow on the ground seems like it is four days too many as I’m not ready for winter yet since the calendar says winter doesn’t start until the 21st. I rather see some green and color from flowers, even ones that look like they have my bed-hair look. The purple pink blossoms of Wild Bergamot looks like a firework exploding and is found during the summer months.
Exploding Blossom
