Winter Scenes

This was the view out of my back door a week or so ago.  I love how the sky is so blue, while the trees are so white.

I am struck by the fact that this winter beauty is also deadly.  The high temperatures the past few days have been in the single digits. There is a danger in assuming that sunshine equates warmth.  And, naturally, more snow is coming today, tomorrow and the next day.

I am looking forward to the quietness that happens when the snow is gently falling.  I am not looking forward to the shoveling that will happen after the snow arrives.

In time, all the snow will melt, spring will arrive.  Winter will be a memory, until the end of the year.  But in photos like this, the beauty will live on.