SNOW DESCENDED

cold, camouflaged whippet (viburnum on left, sciadopitys verticillata behind)
sunflower heads, ungainly ornaments
potager - day
potager - night

GUESS WHAT WE DID TODAY?

not the best photo i've ever taken, but i'm happy with our tree this year...the leaded window in our dining room is one of the nicest things about our house... this year i put the candle village there (from pottery barn, maybe 5 years ago.) you can see the north garden through the window, the Heritage River birch in the middle, and the winter berries on the right. i was close when i took the photo, so it is distorted.

FIRST SNOW

last night we had our first snow, wet with huge conglomerates of flakes... the neighbors behind our house...the potager...
our spruce, which is around 20 feet tall... i was up on the extension ladder trying to fling the lights over the top of the tree with the tree pruning pole. not the smartest thing i've ever done... hubs held the ladder... we survived and the tree got lit.
the potager early this morning... the sugar snap peas are still going strong and i ate one yesterday. we've got some sub-freezing temps on the way, though...

PAPER WASP NEST

i found this paper wasp nest in the driveway this week...