First Nor'easter of the season

Winter started really early this year, and our first Nor'easter of the season came on the afternoon of the 26th of December. The travel was dangerous and we had to cancel our family's get-together scheduled for Sunday.  So far we have not had a chance  to exchange gifts but this is a minor inconvenience in comparison to the disruptions of lives of so many travellers stranded at the airports all across the Northeast. Now, two days later we are still snowed in and our driveway is buried under peaks of snow drifts.

Actually when the sun came out yesterday morning the scenery was beautiful and worth a trip to the woods, even with the snow squalls breaking all around me. All in all we probably had two feet of snow (0.6 meter) but drifts in some places are much higher.

Monday morning after a major snow storm. A short peaceful moment with a bright blue sky.



Trees looked really majestic in their white coats.



Wind gusts reached 40 miles per hour and the pond did not look too inviting.

A snow squall seemed to swallow our young apple trees.

Dogs did not venture outside much except for short bathroom breaks.

Blowing snow made our driveway look like a road to a frozen hell.