The first snowstorm of the season here in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago wasn't very impressive. The 1/4 inch that fell was barely shovelable, unlike the mess outside today, which I don't want to talk about. The Mum still had one last bloom, despite the snow, but even if I could find it now, I'm sure the show is all over.
This is 'Spring Grove,' hiding the compost area. Thujas are the Rodney Dangerfields of conifers, they get no respect, which is a shame. I value them for their individual beauty as well as for the backdrop they provide.
The Hakonechloa has faded to tan for the winter.
It always looks good.The light snow made for clear tracks.
Can you tell who made them?
This post is part of Nancy Bond's First Snowfall Project at her blog, Soliloquy. Join in, it's even more fun than shoveling.
17 comments:
This is definitely more fun than shoveling. I love seeing the evergreens with their winter coat of white. Happy first snow.
Beautiful! Thanks for participating in the 1st Snowfall Project -- I'll be linking to you within the hour. :)
A lovely sight MMD...I checked the weather map and I see snow and plummeting temps for you. So sorry...
I expect that we won't get any snow from this weather system, but the winds are incredible! gail
Beautiful snow photos here, wish I faded to a tan like that for the winter!!
Well I don't know how much fun shoveling snow is but I don't think I want to find out. It really is beautiful though. Your Hakonechloa is gorgeous.
Yeah, where did that 12 inch storm go that they scared the begeezus out of us with? Barely a frosting. But today...oh the wind..and the cold
How's it by you?
Peter Rabbit? Or Flopsy, Mopsy or Cottontail? So funny, Thujas the Rodney Dangerfields, but true. They are hard working and do look lovely with a snow scarf. The hakone grass is marvelous, we cannot grow it here at all. Great capture of it. :-)
Frances
It's definitely beautiful today, I'll give it that! The shoveling has already gotten tiresome, however!
It seems everyone is sharing their first encounters with Old Man Winter. He's a wee bit late, isn't he? Well hopefully he'll be friendly this year. I must say that: Mum + Snow = Beautiful! I agree with you. Conifers and broadleaf evergreens are what the winter garden is all about.
Thuja's ARE great and you cans use them in so many ways, with all thair varieities. I love my 'emerald gree' thats right out the kitchen window, reminding me the the rest fo the garden will be green again.
Our snow was much the same, as you know. Still, it's pretty!
You got more snow last night, though, right? I was in Chicago for the day and it really started snowing in the afternoon. As the train pushed on eastward, it was really snowy in Kalamazoo (at least four inches) and even yet in Battle Creek. Ann Arbor just got a dusting though it's bitter cold and I'd much prefer a nice blanket for my plant. Dagnabbit about not being able to control the weather!!
You are very lucky. We got eleven and a half inches here in the Rockford area. My lilacs and other trees and shrubs are bent way over to the ground. Have to wait till it thaws to see how much permanent damage is done. At least I'm not one of the unfortunate who lost power in this bitter weather.
Marnie
MMD, Thanks for the reminder to head over to Nancy's! I'd forgotten. We received quite a bit more snow during the past couple of days... but NOT as much as people even a little bit north of us! Winter has definitely arrived. The driving on our county road is a little slick, but I'm hoping by this afternoon the sunshine will warm the road and help clear it.
Lisa - The evergreens do look very festive.
Nancy - Thanks for hosting!
Gail - it's not the snow I mind so much as the bitter cold. Stay warm!
Darla - I faded to a sad sort of green.
Jean - Snow is nice, in moderation. I really don't mind shoveling it when it's fluffy and it's not too cold out.
Suz - we dodged a bullet with the warmer temps making much of the precipitation rain, but man was it hard to shovel.
Frances - I think it was Squirrel Nutkin. It's weird you can't grow Hakonechloa. I thought you could grow everything.
ROR - sick of shoveling already? You are in for a very long winter. I feel for you.
Grace - I was hoping winter would be a little later this year, actually.
Benjamin - 'Emerald Green' is my least favorite of the Thujas in my garden, but it might be because it wasn't properly shaped to a single leader.
Kylee - a dusting is very pretty and with less to shovel, there's more time to enjoy it.
Oh but it is pretty. I wish we would get some snow. We have the frigid weather but not the pretty snow. Maybe tonight.
Debbie
Monica - We did get more snow, and some rain and some ice. I'm glad of the snow now that it's gotten so cold, but I'm glad I don't live in southwestern Michigan. They get a bit too much snow.
Marnie - we did luck out here. The Goldenrod got bent over to the ground, but everything else is fine.
Shady - be careful out there. Those empty cornfields make for lots of blowing & drifting.
Hi, Texasdaisy - give me snow over cold any day.
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