First Flakes

Last week's snowstorm in Colorado made the national news. And not to be outdone, so did the snow that fell here on Sunday. While other parts of the East suffered from fallen trees and power outages, we had two or three inches of the white stuff, some beautiful scenery and one broken tree limb. The only real tragedy is that the neighborhood kids didn't go trick or treating on Monday so I'm tormented by the open bag of candy that was meant for them.

Enjoy these quick snapshots from Sunday morning while I snack on some chocolate: 

Beans deciding not to go outside

The Red Maples (Acer rubrum)
in our front yard

The Pyracantha outside
our kitchen window

The branches of the Yew and
Magnolia outside my office
bent several feet to the ground
from the weight of the snow

And I'm still picking raspberries!