The snowflakes falling this morning were huge and too bad they weren’t cotton candy instead of cold snow. A flake would cover my camera lens so I had to try to protect the camera while out in the snow squall. The little patch grass the robin was hanging around is now covered but at least it snowed on the robin’s tail so only twice more until spring comes.
Huge Snowflakes
The wind blew in the rain yesterday as well as a couple of robins, so maybe the groundhog was right about the early spring. But since the only grass peeking out is the narrow strip along the edge of the driveway next to the tall snow banks, the robin kept looking at me like it was my fault there wasn’t more grass to hop on and he did slide on the ice once too so not a happy bird.
Early Robin
This morning the sun was sparkling off the new snow crystals on a chilly morning. Last week the trees were covered with frost until the winds picked up which created a snow shower on a clear day.
Frosty Morning
The ice crystal monster dropped a lot of snow on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and it was a hassle to clear the roads, driveways and sidewalks. And the snow monster dropping snow flakes again!
Ice Crystal Monster
I heard on the news last night that they didn’t expect the ice caves near Cornucopia would open this year since the ice isn’t forming very solid due to the warmer temperatures caused by the strong El Niño. So it was a good thing we braved the cold two years ago to see the caves.
Enjoying the Ice Caves
The trees are full of frost this morning and they look pretty but up close, the frost looks a little less pretty and not so friendly.
Sunday Morning Frost
The past few mornings, I have had a bunch of turkeys wandering through my yard. I suppose they would like me to let them inside this weekend when the wind chills drop to -30 to -40ºF so they can stay warm.
Turkey Tromp
Those venturing outside on this Sunday morning received a very sharp cold breath of air with the air temperature at -16ºF and wind chill at -30 so I think I will skip a walk in the woods as the snow will just squeak anyway and scare the critters away.
Chilly Sunday Morning
Yesterday I mentioned that “the trees look ‘pretty’ but it is not so pretty to shovel!” and someone commented that I shouldn’t shovel the trees then. But with the heavy snow overnight, I think the trees would like to be shoveled as their branches are hanging low to the ground under the weight of the snow. Everything looked black and white this morning, like all the color was washed out, as even the pine trees didn’t look green and the sky was white too.
Lots of White
With the new snow over night, the trees look ‘pretty’ but it is not so pretty to shovel!
Trees in White Decorations
