I had a hard time getting anything done. I just wanted to go from window to window watching the snow. We ended up with a good six inches of snow. Perfect packing snow. I should have been out making a snow man, but I was in thrall--ensorcelled by the snow.
This was what I saw when I crawled out of bed. Trees have not lost many leaves, so their limbs were bending and often touching the ground with the weight of the snow. 
Our aspens were just starting to turn yellow, and they really looked gorgeous against the snow. Here it is still snowing madly, the clouds are low and the day is quite dark. We had two storms, an early morning storm, then the wind came up, blew the clouds over the hill, the sun came out and the sky sparkled with blue. This is what makes winter so different here in Utah. Lots of sun! It may still be cold with snow, but how can you not be happy with a view like this?
The big maple in the backyard is just starting to turn yellow with a hint of red. The result of the sun on the snow covered branches was me being glued to the window.
With all the leaves still on the trees, not much snow was able to get under the maple. I loved how the stairs looked--like an entry into a secret garden. Just push the snow-laden branch aside and you could be somewhere else.
When I think about fall in Michigan, colors that come to mind are crimson, fluorescent reds, rusty reds, all kinds of red. Utah tends toward yellow falls.There are some trees that turn red, but not many, and most are smaller ornamentals, not the big blazing red sugar maples that dominate in Michigan.
And of course, Mt. Olympus looked fabulous with its fresh powdered sugar topping. See the red on the ridge near the right hand side?
That red is all rock.
We are supposed to warm back up over the next several days. Hoping we get dry enough to rake leaves and finish getting ready for winter. This early snow? Just testing us I think.
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