So early, but so nice

Still cold here, and getting colder (tonight's low is forecast to be 13ºF/-10ºC). The big surprise though was snow yesterday.

Not just the dusting that we woke up to either, we got a couple of inches of fluffy stuff. Snow in mid-November in St. Louis is not unprecedented, but is not too common. Checking the records, every 15-20 years or so it happens.

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Snow doesn't concern me too much normally, but as I was outside working on getting the leaves off of the pond netting at the time it was falling, I was a bit annoyed.

I took these photos after I was back inside, warm and dry.

The birdbath heater is keeping the water barrel accessible to the birds (and deer), and keeping the two remaining fish from freezing solid. Moving them to the already-crowded pond didn't make sense to me. (I just moved some frogbit from the pond up here -- the fish were looking a bit exposed. It will soon go dormant and sink, but looks good right now.

Does anybody not love snow-covered branches?

Is there anything with better winter interest than bamboo, especially when it is dusted with snow?

My neighbor's magnolia (seen from my kitchen window) gives the bamboo a run for its money though...

...such a wonderful tree, especially in winter!

Snow.
In mid-November.

It's going to be one of those winters it seems.

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