Snow Day!

On February 23rd we had a snow day, and school closed for the afternoon!  It snowed all day, even though the temperature rose enough by afternoon to cause some melting.  The snowflakes were big and fluffy, and in places the snow was ankle deep.  I loved the crunch and squeak of the powder!  It's so beautiful to see this type of snow here.  The transformation was magical!

This picture has a fairy tale quality to me. Chiquita is busy investigating!

The wild garden doesn't look like this very often!

The back road by the wild garden

Spanish dagger

Coral honeysuckle

Texas buckeye

Redbud tree in front of the house

The mailbox garden

Red yuccas covered in snow

Agarita with flower buds

The neighbor's scarlet quince

Pansies 

Sedum palmeri the day after the snowfall