First winter snow

When it snows for the first time I’m out in the garden looking for tracks of deer which have been invisible up to now. I’m tracking where they go so I can put up barriers so they don’t get near my beautiful Hemlocks and Japanese Yew which they will chew up and devastate.

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Deer tracks….which way are they going?

Deer are all around these parts, but not a problem until winter when they start foraging.

On the other hand, it’s a great thing to get all dressed up for snow and go out in the morning or late at night to see where they’ve been. I’ve also been out shoveling in the wonderful light that is at times blue. The snow also shows off the winterberries near my front door.
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Winterberry – Ilex of some sort that grow wild near the roadside
in an old basket for picking apples.

 

I live in an amazing part of the country with snow, moon, cherry blossoms in spring and autumn colors like these just showing off a month ago. How quickly things change…

 

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Autumn colors just a month ago

 

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