It’s more than a month before the official start of winter on December 21 in our area, but winter has definitely arrived in southeast Michigan. Snow showers came down in our area more than a week ago, but didn’t stick. The ground was too warm and the snow slowly melted away. Not the case this… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Winter Has Arrived in Southeast Michigan
In the fall, I don’t cut back the dead flowers of the Black-eyed Susans, Double Gold Spirea, and other plants in my front courtyard. I love how the stalks pop through the snow from November through February, adding interest to the otherwise white landscape. With the weather warming up to the mid-sixties degrees Farenheit this… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Double Gold Spirea in Winter
Sometimes it’s hard for my friends who don’t live in areas with snowy weather to understand how much snow we get. This week, instead of telling my friends that almost 12 inches of snow fell in the past few days, I shared my photo of our trash cans on our deck. The sleet from earlier… Continue reading Photo of the Week: How Much Snow Did We Get?