THIS IS REAL WINTER

It started snowing last night & it is very, very cold. This is how it looked when I went out this morning. If you look real close, you can see my bridge...

Do you remember how I was whining about not having any real snow? You know, the kind that sticks to the frozen ground & stays until spring. So far, all our snow has disappeared the next day because it has been so warm that the ground did not freeze and the weather-confused plants were starting to send up their green stuff.

Anyway, after coming down all day, the snow was right up to my armpits for the afternoon walk but the Dog Mother was in no mood to take pictures. She said that her fingers were frozen & about to fall off!

I thought that it was just wonderful & had a great frolic through the white stuff -- and then I got dragged back in. Sigh...