Yesterday in Texas —

Little wagon:

NOC and bird tracks, luckily not made at same time:

Big stretch while contemplating staying outside … decided to come back in:

Birdies:

Front, quiet street yesterday, sidewalks covered:

Freezing rain all night, turned to fat fluffy flakes a bit ago.

I think I posted this one in another thread. Bird on our window sill during last week’s storm, saying LET ME IN!

A few weeks ago

Looking out our sunroom.

Kids playing in the snow from a blizzard 12 years ago.

Taken by ME....in the snow...

It's pouring rain here today - the bad weather is passing just northwest of us (I live in MD). We've actually had numerous days with snowfall so far this year, which is not typical. Our most recent snowfall was last Saturday.

I took these photos on my walk a couple of days ago. You can just barely make out the snow on the rocks in the first photo. I live a few blocks from here. However, unlike the beach, my backyard is surrounded by tall trees so not too much sun. Our yard was completely snow covered until this morning when temperatures finally rose above freezing and the rain washed it away.

This photo is one of my favorites, taken about 5-6 years ago. We very rarely get this much snow. My boys never played ice hockey but are big Caps fans. This particular year I had just given them street hockey sticks and goals for Christmas. Our adult neighbor and his brother are former ice hockey players and my kids saw them up the street messing around with a hockey puck on the snow with their little kids. My kids took their goal and new street hockey sticks and had fun playing with them all day. My son was the oldest kid by far (he's wearing the #19 jersey) but he still enjoyed it.

Great pictures, but doesn't anyone else have pictures with a lot of dirt in them? lol Sun is shining and it's blinding outside.

The deer and one stray cow in the field across the road. The picture makes our road look skinny but it's not. Graded this morning.

This a.m. Yesterday's rain melted much of the prior snow, but then turned to freezing rain and ice, adding sparkle in the sun.

On golden pond, Annie! Beautiful picture.

Thank you, Oakley!

Ice in driveway my DH was breaking up last night. Most everything melted today, there are a few shady spots with ice/snow still. I think we’re done for the winter.

Here you go Oakley - not exactly what you asked for but it's the best I have. This is our driveway in upstate PA. Years ago it was crushed stone but this spring we'll have to add another 30 tons.

Beautiful Maire! That's a lot of driveway. How do you clear off the snow?

Jinx, while it's been above freezing today and sunny, none of the drifts have melted. It's windy and cold. Roads are clear with drifts on the side. Our sidewalk has a huge drift so we can't use it. Last summer I made a walkway in each flowerbed off the porch and we were able to use that to get to the car.

Today, after an ice storm this weekend.

So cute, Robo! What bush is that? Also, do you all wear Yaktraks up thar? :) I do and won't go outside without them when it's slick.

Oakley it is a long driveway, about 1/3 of a mile. That photo was taken over Thanksgiving and we only had a dusting of snow. When we get more than 4 inches our landscaper plows the driveway. When the snow blows off the roof it makes huge snow cones on the deck and his crew will clear it off.

@oakley I’m thinking the bush might be a winterberry?

Right now everything is a total glaze of ice so yak trax are highly recommended!! I don’t wear them - but I should.

Not a happy weather picture today. Snow turned to ice turned to The Terminator on my Talavera birdbath. We forgot to protect it.

Before (last summer), during, after:

Oh, Jinx. That's horrible. Perhaps if it can't be glued back together, you can make something with the shards?

Thanks, jojo … we will try gluing, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll figure out something else to do with the base and pieces.

We got it one town over, we’ll probably get a new one. Her prices are very reasonable.

We got Daisy there — she was on sale because someone broke her head off. We didn’t do a great glue job, but it has held up. :)

Oakly & Robo, it does look like a winterberry (Ilex sp)

Coyote nosing around in our latest snow