Winter Wonderland

I thought I'd better share these winter pics before all of the snow melts completely. It's been in the 40's the last couple of days, going into the 50's tomorrow and most of it's already gone. Unbelievable what a difference a few days makes. The last snow storm was a classic, with the most beautiful scenes of snow-draped trees, branches, firs, shrubs, roofs, signs, anything that will hold a snowflake. It was the ultimate in flocking, something you only see in paintings. At night, some of the flocked trees were dramatically lit from beneath creating that sense of romance and visual poetry that no words can articulate. We've had an incredibly beautiful winter so far, with a previous storm creating snowflakes like I've never seen before, not even during all the childhood winters I spent here--they were the size of feathers, too large to call flakes. Everyone at work was looking out the windows to watch this spectacle--it was literally like the skies were filled with feathers from a massive pillow fight happening somewhere above. It was mesmerizing to watch--I don't expect I'll ever see anything like it again. I wish I'd had my camera that day, but I hope you'll enjoy these too.