First Snow of the Season

On December 7, we got our first "proper" snow of the season - which is to say that snow fell, fell some more, and then didn't immediately melt. Daniel took some photos in our yard for you to look at...

This is the crabapple tree we planted a few years ago when we first bought the house. Those wee little apples make a nice frozen treat for the squirrels.

This is a cypress or juniper or somesuch tree that's growing up in our fence line. I haven't had the heart to cut it down.

Here's our apricot tree... it really will come back in the spring!

And last, but not least, snow on our snowberry bush, which is a native shrub of this area. I hope you can see the individual snowflakes around the edges (they're the fuzzy-looking things). We don't often get fluffy snow, but it's a treat when we do.