Snow at First Light

View of my back yard at first light on Tuesday

The northern Piedmont got about two inches of snow on Sunday afternoon, much of which melted when the precipitation turned to rain on Sunday night.  Monday was cold, overcast, and dreary, but precipitation-free.  At rush hour on Tuesday morning, snow began again in earnest, finishing up around 3 p.m. after leaving three more inches. 

We intentionally left this dead pine standing in our front yard to attract woodpeckers; visitors call it the "totem tree."

Catching the first rays

Pink and blue

The second-oldest part of the house in which we live; the oldest part was built in 1791.