Pictures for Pam, Day 94: Snowy Panorama

(+5 insets!) (please view large!)

Oh what a lovely surprise when I woke up this morning! I peeked outside and OHHHHHH!!!! The world was white with snowfall everywhere!! A beautiful, soft blanket covered everything and it was sooooooo pretty!!!! I could hardly wait to get outside and take pictures! I wasn't sure if I had it in me to get my proper camera but I had my phone with me and I marched right up to the top of the hill where I take my pictures and snapped away. Such a lovely sight!

I took pictures of the pond and some other pretty views as I walked up and down the road, including the snow plow as it passed by! I decided that before I began my third lap I'd tuck into the house and grab my camera. I'm so glad I did. I marched down to the gate and got many, many interesting pictures on the way back up to the house....

Snowflakes on sporophytes... snowflakes on moss and lichen... snow precariously balanced on oak leaves that never fell from the tree... spider webs with snowflakes on them that moved gently in the morning's puff of breeze... metal posts with snowy hats... wasp galls crowned with snow... weeds capped with white... so many pretty things to capture! (I got some really nice pictures, I'll share them in the next few days!) :)

Finally my feet told me We Were Done. Awwww...shucks. My hands seconded the motion and as I made my way back to the house, they took turns yelling at me for ignoring their plight. What a bunch of babies. I feel ganged-up on by my own extremities! :D

As I sit all snuggled up in bed with blankets tucked around me, the sun is shining at 11am and the snow is melting quickly. It sounds like rain as it drips from the roof. Part of me wants to run out and take more pictures. But I haven't even looked at the pictures I took today and I also have my Macro Monday pictures to take so...NO MORE pictures of the snow, even if it's melting and...what If it doesn't snow any more this season! LOL...such a silly photographer. :)

It's later now and I decided that I would post snowy views for my pictures today and the star shows part of our "thistle army" at the top of our meadow along with a view of the Table Rocks in the distance. I have five insets that I hope you'll like which include my first track of footprints down to the gate!

Pam, I hope this day has treated you well. How fun it would be to wander around in the snow together and take pictures of the cool things we see. I thought about your dogs and how much fun they would have in this snow. And of course I thought about our dear Moosie and Zoey and I sorely missed them as I remembered them frolicking like silly fools in the snow. Sending a snowball fight and a big *HUGGGGG* your way!