beauty and the beast

A wet, heavy, fast snow today, with accumulation of over an inch per hour. My best guess is about 8 inches of snow, on warm wet ground. What a mess.

But beautiful... oh, so beautiful, as wet heavy snows always are with the way they cling and pile on every available surface.

Thank goodness the beast is back in working order.

The snow's charm quickly melted away the moment you tried to move it. We have our fingers crossed that our trees won't suffer too many broken branches from the weight.