First Snow
It snowed even earlier than last year. Now around here it’s not unusual to get snow before Halloween but it is for it to stick around for days. The only problem I had with the early snow was it knocked out my electricity for over 20 hours. Even so I can’t deny it was a beautiful sight.
It looks good now but by tomorrow it should melt and expose the leaves I never got around to raking.
And this is one of the few times I’ll post photos of my own yard. It’s usually too messy to show off.
One tree covered in snow was a picture I couldn’t resist taking. But another inspired a WTF moment. And I don’t mean Winter Time Fun. I’m going to convert it to heat and that means I’m going to have to do some work. Nice to get more wood for the stove but I’d rather burn the furniture.
Many trees had not shed all their leaves and fell prey to the heavy snow. That was the reason we lost power. Besides losing my beautiful tree in the yard a number of others took out a section of power lines down the road.
Driving down the road was nice - plenty of snow ‘tunnels’ were formed and it was a real winter wonderland.
Further down the road the tunnel opened up and I pulled over because I heard honking.
I’m not quite ready to to use any of these images as desktop wallpaper but I did make some up. The linked images go to a larger size (1024 x 768) so feel free to use them if you want.
October 30th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I heard on the news that you got a bunch of snow. It is beautiful but so early………. WOW!!!
October 30th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Very beautiful so peaceful.
Haven’t heard any snow yet or I don’t even see any one the mountain tops.
Coffee is on.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
We also got snow, but it wasn’t as heavy as that. Most was gone the next morning. There are still some patches in the shady spots.
I always enjoy your photos, but I am not ready to use one of these for my desktop! I might save one for later.
October 31st, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Really beautiful photos. We were some of the lucky ones - we had power all along this time around. However, I did get stuck in my driveway that morning and never made it to work (for shame). I look forward to the snow, but for Christmas. I don’t want it right now! Thankfully it is melting!!
November 1st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Oh, no, no! Way to early for snow. I’m not ready to face another 125 inches like we had last year! We’ve only had high winds here on the coast and like you, we lost a couple of trees, but mostly just the tops of dead spruces came down. Gratefully, we lost no live ones this time.
November 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Oops! I spelled too wrong! sorry.