Well, I must apologize for wishing it would snow here on the island. I was watching the news yesterday and it snowed in many areas but missed our place. Today I get up and there's maybe a 1/2 inch. Then it started and didn't stop for 4 hours! 7 1/2 inches worth! About the time the snow stopped, the power went out for 7 hours. And this isn't even the big storm arriving early tomorrow morning.

This is the first big snow this winter here on the island and it is grand.

I love the snow (as long as I don't have to drive). It softens the landscape and muffles the sounds. It brightens the grays and browns that surround us during winter. The birds become active gleaning the branches of shrubs and trees for insects and pecking away at the ground in search of seeds to sustain them through the day and night. We supplement their diet with some black sunflower seeds on days like today. The daytime evidence of nighttime movements of critters is made visible by snow. Raccoons are the primary night stalker around our place. I can't wait to get up and make discoveries tomorrow.