More Snow II.

1-12-11 SHORT HILLS: And it snowed again. We got about 8-9 inches last night. The snow is once again light, dry and powdery. It was an intense, over-night snow. It has stayed cold, in the twenties, today and gotten fairly windy. The wind is blowing the snow off the trees and shrubs. I trudged around earlier and saw only minor damage to the evergreens. They, the evergreens, are shaking themselves off like wet dogs, with the help of the wind.

Speaking of wet dogs, they were in and out several times during the evening, always coming in with a new white fluff coat for which they got toweled off. They all love the toweling. I think they go out just to come back in for the attention.


Red Twig Dogwood makes a dramatic statement in the snow, during the growing season the branches are greenish brown.

Can you find Chloe the dog? Those snow-burdened bushes are yews. Yew wood used to be used by archers for bows because of the flexibility demonstrated here. Those yews usually stand about 10-15 feet high.

The bamboo shook off most of the snow.