SNOW FALL in ANNAPOLIS, MD - THE OTHER DAY

Just one of those pretty snowfalls that made everything look pristine and clean and oh so beautiful.  

Meet Sammy, he lives in the office next door - out playing in the snow on the deck

The deer out in my back yard

WINTER WONDERLAND IN MY BACK YARD

It's the most wonderful time of the year………

I couldn't help taking these roses out to photograph in the snow

Click on this link to watch my favorite from Freddy Mercury -
A Winter's Tale
It gives me chills every time I listen………….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjWQZBmJf6M

The back patio table

My son's Jeep parked in the drive

A candle centerpiece from the dining room table, leftover from Christmas - the roses, bittersweet berries and nandina all dried perfectly

My veg garden in all it's dormancy glory - I cannot believe out of this will come bounty - SOON…… please

Holly with berries and heavy with snow

Those lovely roses

Our precious little Sadie, loving the snow

Beautiful red male Cardinal

It's snowing - again and again this year...

Another little seating area out back

Robins flocking and feasting on berries

CANADA GEESE - WINTER GUESTS

A very familiar and welcome winter scene in our neighborhood, Canada Geese on the sod farm.

FEATHERED FRIENDS ON THE SOUTH RIVER, ANNAPOLIS

 SWANS, CANVAS BACK DUCKS, MALLARDS AND EVEN A LONE MANDARIN DUCK.

THE BEAUTY OF WINTER

A DUSTING OF SNOW, HOLLY BERRIES, WINTER GRASSES - THE COLORS OF WINTER.

AN EARLY JANUARY DUSTING OF SNOW IN THE BACK YARD

THE WONDERLAND OF WINTER

Thankfully winter is not just about the cold and the end of the growing season in the garden. It is also about the snow and the winter wonderland scenery, this year has been an exceptionally white winter which is such a treat.

 

The back garden, flowering beds in the summer lie dormant and buried under a blanket of snow. The wooded backdrop offers four seasons of splendour, from the vibrant lime green new leaves in spring, the lush canopy of dark green in the summer, the brillaint shades of reds, oranges, yellows and golds of the fall, and now the naked silouette of the branches, exposed under a bright blue sky, and dusted with white snow.

Jessie loves running in the snow, eating the snow, digging in the snow, in fact she just loves the snow!!!