Surprise Snow Storm

In the lower mainland of British Columbia, we expect about a three day winter. We had a three week winter in December and thought it was a nice 'once in a decade' event.
However, we had an encore last night. Large snowflakes were caught by the wind and I shot the above photo.
In the morning, it was beautiful. Today it is almost gone.

Frosted Lace

This spiderweb is multilayered and appears to have been mended many times. We have had fog for days, causing overlays of frost. Below is my star magnolia tree. It is almost as white as when it is in bloom!

visitors on a frosty morning ...

Winter is still here! We are enjoying our feathered visitors ..

Nature paints with frost,

the sun melts the ice crystals to glaze the twigs with ice.

Oak leaves are outlined in frost ...

and even the common blackberry bush takes on a new look!