Snowflakes - sparkling crystals

I am tired. Arms sore from lugging the snowblower! <= Snowfall data
I came home from choir practice last night. The snow crystals were amazing. The flood lights lit them up, and caught my eye.

First snow crystals are beautiful

Snow crystals, nature's beauty.

Beautiful

The cats are non-plussed. :-)

Yes, the first snow. Birds are more frantically seeking food.
The deer graze in the grass that grows in the warm sunshine. At night, they creep in the shadows, turning on the motion floodlights, eyes glitter in the light.

Such a contradiction, yet promise, that life still continues, and nature adapts to the changing seasons.

By the frog pond, the fall crocus still blossom. 

Jack Frost paints pictures on the glass.

Deer watches me from the lawn.

Last night's sunset

Lady Beetles seek the warm sun.

Evidence of animals in the forest
-on the move to find food.