15 Dec 2012 - Overnight snow

Yesterday the backyard looked like this: green grass, green myrtle, with the ever present does eating both. 

Today? We woke to 11 inches of snow. It rained first, so the snow is wet, heavy and really sticking to even the tiniest twig. It is gorgeous. And I am so grateful we don't have to leave the house today. 

Once again because the snow is so sticky and heavy we have more downed limbs. 

  This is the first thing I saw this morning. Woke up, opened my eyes to the all-white view. Seeing no real reason to get out of bed, I turned over and stole another hour out of the day for sleep. What a luxury. 

The forecast is calling for another four inches this afternoon as well as snow everyday through next Saturday. We have had more snow in December than we had during the entire 2011-12 winter. Hope this is a good thing for our water situation. 

Meanwhile we do have the proverbial winter wonderland. And it is wonderful to be all cozy inside, cuppa in hand, and just admire. Jack, bless him, has the blower all fired up and is making a path out to the shop. Yay! Nice to have a snowy weekend in front of me with no reason to go leave the house, other than to work in the shop.
 

 

But even with a lot of snow, it is so wonderful when the sun comes out. In the late afternoon the sun highlights the ridges and the snow on the trees is breathtaking. 

 
 
And, of course, the critters continue to amuse. While working in the shop, the herd came by. This young buck stopped and looked in my window. He gave me a chance to grab my camera before he followed the rest of them around the corner.