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.....
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......
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.
....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!