First Snow this Winter
/Our first snow of the season came this week…and it was about 6 inches that fell from the wee hours of the morning until about noon. The temperature hovered around 30 degrees.
I did little photography projects throughout the morning. The accumulation between 7:30 and 10 AM shows in the pictures below.
I stood in the open garage door to photograph the scene from the front of our house about sunrise while it was snowing heavily and leaned out to take a close picture of the holly growing at the corner of our house.
Later I went out on our covered/screened deck and opened the door to take pictures of the sycamore – old leaves, tangle of branches, and the snow clinging to the texture of the peeling bark.
The snow was sticking to near vertical surfaces of the deck.
I did some experimental pictures of the maple and a cedar through the screen (the screens were catching snow too). It made a counted cross stitch effect!
I heard a wren singing when I was in my office and looked for it…found it under the bench…and watching for a space at the feeder to open.
I also noticed some crows cleaning up around the base of the feeder out in the yard.
My husband too a picture of the deck. The feeder was periodically full of birds throughout the morning!
I made our traditional peppermint snow ice cream after most of the snow had fallen…skimming off the top layer of snow into a big bowl and then adding milk, pieces of peppermint candy, sugar, and vanilla. Mixed with my electric mixer. Yummy! I was not as successful at another traditional activity: photographing snowflakes. At first it was too warm and then it seemed like the flakes were all breaking on impact with my chilled plate. Maybe I’ll have better luck with the next snow.
