Early Snowstorm

About two and a half weeks ago, on October 28th, Old Man Winter gave us a sneak peek at what's to come in the months ahead (thank you very much Sir, but I would've preferred to just wait).

We had been enjoying cool, misty mornings....

watching the sun rise to dispel the fog......

and shed golden light over the fields, and through the remaining autumn leaves still clinging to a few trees.....

when the surly gentleman decided to pay us an unwelcome visit.

Cold rain soon turned to snow.....

and our warm colors were diluted to faded, washed out shades.

But two days later the sun returned, brightening the colors once again.
Although those glorious orange leaves were mostly gone from the little maple.....

on the larger tree the leaves were spared.

We ended up with about 4 inches of snow in our area, but friends in Pennsylvania had a foot, with one broken tree and several broken branches.

As I mentioned in the previous post, we were without power for 30 hours and spent a chilly night without heat. Our phone service was limited to local, and the internet was out as well. We felt cut off from the world for a while!

The garden was looking rather pretty......

....covered with snow.

And that pure blue sky certainly brightened our spirits.

The maple is beautiful with the barn as a background....

...or facing west toward the river.

Looking through it to the cornfield....

....or casting its morning shadow across the lawn.

I like to see the red barn surrounded by snowy white.

And the trusty outdoor furnace surrounded by those wonderful stacks of wood - the promise of warmth on those cold winter days and nights!

There are the pumpkins again, wearing their snowy caps!

And here's the spirea bush wearing glorious fall colors.

I guess I should thank Old Man Winter for the beauty of the snow, but I do hope he stays away for a while longer and lets us savour a few more weeks of gentle weather before he blasts us again.

Nancy Bond over at Soliloquy is hosting a 'Garden Bloggers' First Snowfall' project. You might want to pop over to see who else has had a visit from OMW.