We have snow!

It snowed overnight – one of those easy-to-deal-with snows that makes the trees and lawns pretty but leaves the streets and sidewalks clear. I started taking pictures before it was really light because there was a light rain already trying to wash it all away.

The bushes that overwinter with their leaves leaned over with the weight of the snow but not enough to break. This one is beside our porch.

The cherry tree is lightly flocked.

On the deck – the juncos can’t find the seed bowl under the snow; they appeared to be waiting in line for the feeder.

The heated bird bath that I had been considering putting away for the season but decided to clean and put in fresh water yesterday - is rimmed with snow.

The turtle sandbox that serves as my mint garden on the deck in the summer is hardly recognizable.

Is this our last snow of the season? Probably not – sometimes we have snow in April here. But we are close enough to the end of winter that I am enjoying this one as if it might be.