Snow started around 6 a.m. this morning.  It was predicted.  We were warned.  Yesterday the grocery store was an absolute madhouse as people rushed to stock up.
When Libby and I walked this morning it looked like this

Not too bad really, a bit slippery underfoot, but quite pretty. 

Then mother nature got serious about the whole thing.

And it turned into a dandy blizzard complete with north winds swirling the snow up, down and sideways, shaking the trees around and covering the back garden.  Visibility has shrunk and the end of the world is the back garden gate

There is very little colour left in this little world now.  There is the fierce beauty of the white snow covering everything and turning familiar objects into something else entirely.  For instance, those plant pots, and that broom, even the garden chair has changed personality.

Apparently this is to continue all day and into this evening.  There will be quite a lot of digging out once the storm has passed.