Roadside Trillium

Hydrangea in snow


I saw this dried blossom lying in a footprint in the snow. It amazes me that something so delicate could survive wind, ice, snow, rain and now melting snow.
I do not know if it was blown into the print by the wind or if it was under the snow for sometime, blown and buried during a storm.

Sedum with cat tracks.
Remember the sedum with snow on top? It is almost buried in snow now. Even with all of the snow we got it was never completely buried. The recent warm days have receded the snow, but it is still quite deep, particularly in this area of the yard where the wind blows it into drifts made deeper by the snowbanks from the road.

Wind in spite of the 5 spruces
Living on a hill we get a lot of wind! Many people who have lived in this area longer than I talk about their memories of wind at my house. Several of them delivered coal or oil here at one time. To hear them talk about it you'd think the house is perpetually hit with gale force winds and blizzard conditions.
It is not always windy, but usually if there is wind it is here in force. The wind has hit the house hard enough that we can feel it move and hear the china rattle. Really!!!