Snowy trees and shrubs in winter… life off the Back Porch

Steps up to the back porch

Steps up to the back porch

 

birch

birch

 

flowering pear tree

flowering pear tree

 

Out front

Out front

 

Maple tree

Maple tree

 

Same maple, wider view

Same maple, wider view

 

Rhoads...

Rhoads…

 

Spruce

Spruce

 

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black cherry

 

magnolia

magnolia

 

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Chinese dogwood

 

Chinese dogwood where the snow looks like cotton balls or broccoli heads

Chinese dogwood – wide angle – where the snow looks like cotton balls or broccoli heads

 

forsythia

forsythia

 

Dwarf Albera Spruce, Blessed Mother in foreground

Dwarf Albera Spruce, Blessed Mother in foreground

 

white pine

white pine

 

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Sedum

 

Cherry tree

Cherry tree

 

cherry

cherry

stone wall

stone wall

 

lamp post… on snowy days I expect to me Mr Tumnus to appear...

lamp post… on snowy days my imagination expects to Mr Tumnus to appear…

“Meanwhile,’ said Mr Tumnus, ‘it is winter in Narnia, and has been for ever so long, and we shall both catch cold if we stand here talking in the snow. Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe, how would it be if you came and had tea with me?” – CS Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

 

Before breakfast and before Mass today I spent some time outside breathing in the fresh air and enjoying the last flakes of the snowfall. I love the different shapes the snow makes on each different tree in our yard, the delicate sculptures that are possible before sun comes out and melts it and changes everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 comments on “Snowy trees and shrubs in winter… life off the Back Porch

  1. Bego says:

    Gorgeous!

    No snow angels from you?

  2. Barb S says:

    What a beautiful look at the trees along your country lane. What always strikes me about snow is the quiet. It seems to mute everything, as if the whole world is made speechless by the pure white beauty.

    1. Pat says:

      I love the hush that comes over the world in a snowfall… long ago in an ancient blog post, I wrote about it: http://writenbtween.blogspot.com/2007/12/sound-of-snow.html

  3. Susie Weiss says:

    Nice shots. You really know your trees!

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