Confectioners Snow

Okay, I'll admit it. A new fallen snow can look sort of pretty.

We had a light snow here today. For a while it looked like the snow might amount to something substantial. But in the end, the area ended up looking like the giant at the top of the beanstalk had dropped an enormous back of confectioners sugar.

The tips of evergreen branches are decorated with a dusting of white. Shrubbery sports a topcoat of snow while lower branches remain green and brown. The tips of taller blades of grass poke up through the dusty frosting and barren deciduous trees have a white layer resting on the topmost arch of their beefy arms.

It's a shame sunshine is not in the forecast for the morning, because beams of golden light would have the area sparkling like a treasure trove of jewels.

Instead, we are supposed to wake to freezing rain - and the snow will lose it's allure as people focus on getting to work unscathed.