Monday, February 20, 2012

Into Every Life a Little Snow Must Fall.

      We received about 8 cm (3 in.) of snow yesterday. It  was beautiful snow as it came down heavily in the evening so in the street lights made it look  as if the sky was full of snow. The snow was light and dry. I shoveled about 9 :00 PM in case we got more later on. 

Paper birch

Mountain ash and red berries

Another mountain ash 

The green ash
      This morning the trees were laden with snow. Now if I'd been out half an hour earlier there would have been more snow on the trees. I also found out that I have to play with the camera so that the snow on the tree branches would show up better. I thought the brilliant sunshine would give me brilliant snow pictures. Not that easy!

     I hope you enjoy the snow in my life.

24 comments:

  1. Like they say, "There's snow business like snow business..."!! The pictures are great. Way down here we don't get snow very often, so thanks for sharing! I got to enjoy yours and didn't have to lift a shovel. But to be honest, I've NEVER seen enough snow that we had to shovel.

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  2. Like your take off on "Snow business" I've been south in our winter so can get away from snow and enjoy green grass for awhile. Love Hawaii.

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  3. Beautiful photos, Red. We haven't had enough snow this winter and I miss it.

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    1. Your time will come! Winter isn't over yet.

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  4. Red the snow in the trees is so pretty, you captured it very well. I love seeing winter from this perspective, I don't have to put on two layers to go out and shovel. Mind you Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without snow, that's the one time of year I NEED snow in my life.

    Have a fantastic week and Happy Family Day!

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    1. Yes I can see the tears in your eyes for missing snow. However , forget about snow. You are living a lifetime opportunity.

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  5. I enjoyed it thoroughly my friend, and even more so because it was there and not here. It is blue skies and higher than normal temperatures over here, so looking at your splendid snow photographs is even more enjoyable.

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    1. I suppose it's "We want what we don't have." I envy your green grass.

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  6. They are lovely pictures, Red. I also like the stunning blue sky behind them. You made me think of the fact that only us Americans are still using inches and feet, everybody else is so much more modern! :-)

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  7. The blue sky and bright sunshine were the two things that took me out. I didn't get what I wanted and have some learning to do. I wouldn't really call the metric modern although it was devised after the English system. The metric system was based on science rather than the English system which was based on things that varied.

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  8. I did enjoy your snow! Ours is hard as rock, with melt, and warmish days.
    I feel spring over the horizon!
    Cheers from Cottage Country!

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  9. Rock hard snow isn't nice or "pretty." I know that spring for me is still quite a time off. I mustn't get excited about spring!

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  10. I love snow...and yours is beautiful...

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  11. Thanks. The snow was truly beautiful but I didn't catch what I wanted to.

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  12. I do love the snow in your life. And I'm glad it is with you and not us. We are beautiful here today after horrible side wind snow two days ago. What snow there was is not melting.


    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
    http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com

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    1. I think most people would feel like you...I can have the snow!

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  13. Lovely shots, Red. Every time we get a bit of a snowfall (which hasn't been more than about 2cm at a time) it melts very shortly afterward. This has been the winter that never was.

    PS... I'll ask about what so many are struggling with the last few days. Would you consider disabling word verification on your blog? It's become a much more difficult endeavor to read it and get it right recently. Darn Blogger! It would make commenting on your blog much easier. Just a thought. :)

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  14. I was looking for something else in the pictures. Maybe another time. My word verification is going. Yes it's really a challenge.

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  15. Good to know that the damn verification business is going. So hard to tell the diffence between an "i" and Capital "I", a one the number and an l - the letter "l" that is.

    Well lovely snow shots, but you can keep it. ha ha.
    This summer in Brisbane has been really weird - only two "sauna" type nights, but summer is soon over, next month is Autumn.
    Just heaps of darn rain - you really can watch the grass grow.
    Cheers
    Colin

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    1. Colin we both waste too much electricity...I keep my house too warm and you try to cool yours. We're a couple of wimps!

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  16. Beautiful photo's!
    I have passed by before but seem to have 'lost' you. Lots to read here, and some nice looking Blogs on your list... luckily it looks like rain outside, maybe I'll have another cup of coffee and bide a while :)

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    1. Thanks for following my blog. Funny thing about rain..it's best to stay inside. Snow you can go out and you don't get wet.

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  17. I enjoyed your snow pictures Red. I like the second picture. Cheers, Ruby

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  18. thanks Ruby. There was more snow on the tree about a half hour earlier.

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