Today's Snow Storm

A lot of photographs from today!  I won't say too much about each.  We woke with about 4 inches of snow on the ground.  At about 1 PM I ventured out while it was snowing moderately.  When the snow is falling, there are wonderful "atmospheric effects" that are kind of like fog, where distant objects begin to fade into the distance.  Anyhow this is a way to see how deep the snow was in the driveway, with the car as a good "measuring stick" where you can get a sense of the snow's depth.  Today I am going to post the more practical photos of the storm.  Tomorrow the more artistic images.

First order of business was to find the buried newspaper in the driveway.  I finally figured out how to do that with this four-tined garden tool, dragged gently through the snow at the bottom of the driveway.  I was about to give up since I was about 25 feet up the driveway from the street, but then I found it!  In the past I have given up looking and then completely shredded the paper with the snow blower!

I love the foggy look of the trees in the snow.  The further they are from me, the fainter they are.

I call this photograph "One Rock, Nine Geese."  And that's what you are looking at!

I loved this pairing of one bench and one small tree with the rest of the harbor completely obscured.

And of course, any photographs of Shore Road needs to include one photograph of the line of sycamore trees, either from this direction, or from the other direction.

I was pretty bundled up with my LL Bean "mad bomber hat" which is the warmest hat I own for this kind of weather.  I wanted a shot of myself in the storm but I hadn't brought a tripod, of course so there was nowhere to put my camera to use a self timer.  But at the top of the street after turning the corner there is one of these convex mirrors that a neighbor uses to check traffic.  Perfect!

The snow stopped about suppertime, and then a very light, almost misty rain began and continued until about 11 PM.  This is a quick shot with my cellphone of Kathy's car with snow up to the centers of the wheels.  Today was a wonderful day for walking in the snow for my photographs.  I did about 2 1/2 miles and spent an hour and a half out walking around.  Felt wonderful to be out in the snowstorm, which I carefully dressed for, of course.