snow

[OT from cottage renovations]

this morning the snow returned, making for slippery footing where it fell on remaining ice but also working its magic on the viewscape. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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Center Street

road closed

I'm hoping nobody is in a hurry to get to the Town maintenance shed.  it's still there, behind this bamboo thicket which snow and ice have caused to favour the horizontal. 

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Woodward Park

sycamore

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Chestnut Avenue

dogwood branches seem to be particularly well suited to catching and holding onto snow; it's stacked up even out to the tips.  you might need to click through to the larger image to see the falling snowflakes. 

Cornus florida

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Chestnut Road

oaks in the background loom out of the snowy sky over the cold stone of Castle M^cClelland. 

(this image available for online purchase)

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Grove Avenue

when one of our cottages gets a makeover in the name of modernisation, more tends to be lost than gained.  one is trapped within these outwalls and though I have little regard for slab walls and modern fenestration, if one has to look at the result today's conditions are probably the most suitable.  the triangular window glass must be tinted, for it seems to be reflecting back a great deal more blue and they sky had to offer, bringing the one touch of colour to this scene.