Saturday morning I woke up and took my usual look out the stairwell window. I’d known the snow was coming, but it’s still a wonderful sight once it actually happens. This particular drawing of the white stuff is wet and heavy, which has its own particular effects on the scenery. When I get the opportunity, I try to capture this sort of thing:

out the office window

Back Yard

branches weighed down

passages

These four trees are the remnants of a windbreak at the east end of the property.

windbroken

These shots were taken in the gray about 45 minutes or so before actual sunrise. And speaking of sunrise:

Sunrise Sunday morning

These last two shots were taken this morning, Sunday, December 5th, 2020. I realize sunrise happens every day, and I am actually frequently up ahead of it this time of year, but it’s rare that I have the opportunity in terms of free time to capture it, and it seemed a special chance to do so with the snow cover.

That snow cover will be largely disappearing as the day goes on. Our projected high for today is in the 40’s, with highs above freezing projected for most of the rest of the week. I’m sure folk won’t be complaining about the short stay of the snow, as a general rule, but I’ll miss it when it’s gone.