Heavy, Sticky Snow and a lot of it

We had a significant fall of wet and heavy snow yesterday, which would have been even greater if some of the precipitation had not fallen in the form of rain. Having to make a short run anyway, I then drove the car to two spots less than a mile from our place to shoot a few quick photos.

These are from the park just around the corner. The snow being deep and really wet, I wasn't brave enough to venture into the park but just shot a few pics from the road.

There was almost a whiteout beyond the pond.

In the pond, itself, a few few mallard ducks swam about in the small area that was ice free.

This one tree deserved special attention.

I drove to another spot not far from home and photographed yet another tree, this one at the edge of a parking lot.

With the local streets being snow-covered and rutty, I didn't venture any farther and beat a retreat to home, and there I stayed for the remainder of the day.

Oops . . . I forgot this one, just looking up the road toward the intersection.