FIRECRACKERS IN SNOW

hamamelis 'diane' blooming in the snow

 apple espalier, jasminium nudiflorum budding in background, diane in foreground

southern magnolia

DOGS IN DEEP SNOW

ehn!

 ehn!

 free!

 what was all the fuss?

 joe joe plays with the white shepherds

 sugar pond with willows

 trail marking

 bridge and tree at south end of sugar pond

ICE STORM WELCOMES FEBRUARY

fence drops

 emergent witch hazel flower trapped in ice

 harry lauder walking stick

 icy tufts of lespedeza

 sangu kaku maple

 pieris

 lespedeza

 hydrangea limelight

 japanese maple