It seems like every time it snows, I run outside my office building and take a picture of this poor tree. This is from mid-fall before all the leaves dropped. It doesn’t show up all that well in the pictures, but it was snowing pretty hard.
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For the tree to still have foilage, that’s resilient :O
Yes, the leaves lasted longer this year than they usually do. Thanks!
The poor tree. I love the way the leaves still adds some colour to the image. 😀
It was heavy snow, but it melted quickly. 🙂
Seems odd to see snowy leave – great capture!
We see it frequently here from early October to early November, depending on how determined the storms are to bring them down. Thanks! 🙂
Never mind, Nancy – the tree’s still there, so it must manage OK. Maybe it’s always waiting for you to pop out and snap it again, eh? 😀
That’s true! And it has such pretty leaves from spring to fall that it begs to be photographed. Thanks! 😀
Brrrr. It reminds me too much that it’s now 2° F outside right now. 🙂
Many of the trees around here still have their old leaves on them. I’m guessing something has happened to the balance of nature, for the leaves should all have fallen long before now.
The first snow fall here is usually heavy, so if the trees still have their leaves, it can dangerous and a lot of trees lose branches. Later snowfalls (starting in about mid-November) are the nice powder that Utah is famous for. We haven’t had too many spurt cold days this winter. It’s been mild, but we also haven’t had enough snow for the summer water levels. There’s a trade off for most things.
Surprisingly, most of the snow we’ve had this year, at least in NW Missouri, has been of the powder variety. It’s much easier to drive on all the backroads on powder than on the wetter variety. It’s been the icy cold this year more than the snow that has everybody bundling up.