I don't think any of us really believed the mid-week weather forecast that predicted a big snowstorm for Madison and environs on Friday. But by about 11 a.m. yesterday morning, it was snowing steadily, if lightly. It didn't take long for the storm to get serious. Wet, heavy snow started to come down quickly and to stick to everything it touched: wires, roads and walkways and every tree and shrub were soon coated.
It was so gorgeous we kept running to different windows for different views. While many of our trees and shrubs were bowed down under the weight of the snow, nothing looked like it might turn into the garden crisis that resulted from a similar storm in 2009.
We took photos, ate in front of the fire and then went out after dinner to clear the driveway. When we were done with that chore, we threw a few snowballs at each other and toured the garden by snowlight and faint moonlight.
These photos show the drape and droop of the trees, except for the last picture which shows the geometric patterns made by shards of snow falling off the roof and onto the deck. Hard to reconcile the sticky snow on all the vertical surfaces and the crisp design on the horizontal deck.
You are getting all of your winter this spring. It looks beautiful from here.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Sunday, March 04, 2012 at 05:36 AM
Very beautiful images. Our snow here in Vermont wasn't quite so pretty.
I too love the designs formed by fallen snow, either regular as under a power line, or scattered in the woods.
Posted by: Altoon | Sunday, March 04, 2012 at 05:47 AM
It sounds like you enjoyed it, and the photos are lovely as well. I hope your garden had not started to wake up to the point where the snow would damage anything.
Posted by: Les | Sunday, March 04, 2012 at 06:29 AM
Temps are predicted to be in the 50s by tomorrow, so that will be the end of much of the snow. The garden is still sleeping but hard to know what a blast of such warm air will do!
Posted by: LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD | Monday, March 05, 2012 at 08:44 AM
Am I the only one who sees a row of flowers in the last picture?
Posted by: planthoarder | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 at 06:53 AM
You are the only one! But now that you point it out, it is pretty obvious. (I tend to find faces in things!)
Posted by: LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD | Tuesday, March 06, 2012 at 08:21 AM