The season’s first dusting of snow.

Pictures of Winter scenery are nearly as common as moonlights, and are usually executed by the same order of artists, that is to say, the most incapable.

—John Ruskin

We woke to the first winter snow. It didn’t last, but it will. Oh, too soon, it will.

[Photo]

Pop!

Falling snow in the front yard, captured by the flash.


[Photo]

Snowy Tree


[Photo]

Snow Scene

The back yard in snowy dawn.


Of these images, “Pop” is perhaps the most interesting. The light was fairly dim at seven in the morning and I forgot to suppress the flash.

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