We’ve had snow, icy fog with heavy frost, rain, and plenty of gloom. Dark days, yes, but I am not going to talk about the thick, dark clouds—they have no redeeming characteristics.
Snow
We have awoken to snow-covered plants and cars several times already. This is my kind of snow: pretty, and not sticking much to any pavement that would require shoveling.
All that gloom and the accompanying not-very-cold nights have made for lackluster leaf color this fall, but things were starting to color up when it started snowing overnight.
The magnolia and pawpaws dropped their leaves in one morning this week. While the pawpaws’ flower buds are not yet visible, the magnolia’s flower buds are dressed for the weather.
It’s hard to say how the winter will pan out. Everyone seems to have a different prediction, but the predictions have one thing in common—they are all a definite maybe.
Icy Fog and Heavy Frost
Icy fog leads to a really heavy frost. Frost is quite beautiful if you look at it closely. This morning’s frost highlighted the edges and veins of the leaves it formed on.
Fuzzy leaves are even better.
But lawn also has its charms.
All in all, one more bright day above freezing is all I need to get the very last of the leaves. Not bad.
Rain
We needed the rain, but I think we may have had enough by now. The lawn got green before it went dormant, aided by many small watering events that also made it impossible to squeeze in the last mowing. There’s always April.