20161231 Last snowfall of the year

We enjoyed a nice new fall of snow on New Year’s Eve.  Here are some representations of what we saw … some in colour, some in black and white.  Regular viewers will recognize familiar scenes, this time during snowfall.

A last glint of sunlight on Friday …

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By Saturday morning every flower stalk was drooping under a load of snow …

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Sprig of Juniper

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… in a snowflurry ….

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with a little white spruce tree poking through a foot of snow …

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little juniper branch looking for light also ….

 

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Stormy weather …

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Ice is not yet ready for snowmachines or ice fishing huts:

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Around the bend of the road, before the snowplow’s morning pass …

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And here are three figures/backgrounds which can play tricks with your visual brain …

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Lots of texture in that snow, even in very flat light.   (When you stop to notice it.)

Happy 2017!