Winter down the stretch

Winter has been putting on quite a finishing kick over the last few weeks.   We have more snow on the ground now on the eve of the ides of March than we have seen in any of our 12 winters in this house.  No matter what karmic credit I might try to take for the weather (see below),  mother nature has no interest in me or any of the rest of us. 

On Friday and Saturday we received another 12-15 inches.  My neighbor's daughter with the usual hubris of youth decided to drive home from college on Friday night.  Of course, she made it half way up the hill at the beginning of our road, where her car became hopeless stuck, and she abandoned it.  She walked the last third of a mile home, and as youth are inclined, fell asleep and slept well into the afternoon of the next day.  Of course, the plow couldn't get by her car, and so none of us on Sweetser Road extension went anywhere on Saturday.

But Sunday was another day.  The first morning sun caught the top of the trees with a breathtaking glow out the bedroom window.

These two shots were taken out our two bedroom windows at just after 6 am.  In the second, I have taken the liberty of removing the reflection on the window glass of a bedside lamp... Click on the images for a larger view.