The sunshine helped melt most of the remaining snow even if the temperature only reached 35 today. This looks like an interesting place on the shore of Lake Superior for a picnic spot once I figure out how to navigate the ravine just before this point.
A Picnic Point
One suggestion for this year’s Earth Day was to take a walk (while social distancing) and discover native plants. I did notice a few leaves of native plants but my outdoor activity today consisted mainly of picking up limbs and branches that wind gust from a few days ago and the heavy snows all winter brought down. It almost seemed like more limbs on the ground than remaining on the trees since I didn’t get finished picking them all up off the lawn today.
Tree Limbs
There was no happy birds singing this morning as the fluffy snowflakes fell. At least the amount of snow wasn’t a lot as it changed from big flakes, to drizzle before switching to ice pellets and then finally to small snowflakes again. So while it was a gray day, it wasn’t a heavy snow, like some past winter days in which even the trees seemed weary of winter.
Weary of Winter
The extra day of this leap year was extra white this morning with a new coating of hoarfrost until the sun came out and melted it.
Extra White on Extra February Day
Winter continued with a dusting of snow this morning before the skies cleared just before the day ended and more snow is in the forecast for tomorrow.
Winter Continues
While January was a cloudy month, the start of February has had some sun so of course that groundhog here saw his shadow this morning meaning a longer winter.
Long Winter Shadows
There may some adventurers who took a winter hike through the woods as the temperature neared the freezing point today, but the snow was melting some which made the paths a bit soft and slippery in spots.
Winter Hike
As the winter storm moved off to the east, the sky sparkled as the sunshine revealed the ice coated tree limbs.
Sparkling Limbs
My lawn is soggy again but lucky it was only rain and not snow like the ten inches which fell farther to the north. Although six years ago, there was eighteen inches of snow in my yard after a snow storm in May.
May Snow Storm
While I was cutting up fallen trees and limbs today, others were planting trees because of National Arbor Day. It looks like Mother Nature planted two different trees rather close together.
Trees Together
