Winter's Last Gasp - I hope!

We had a very light bit of freezing rain over Friday night, and woke to tiny ice pellets falling off the trees into the leaves below.  It was like a light rattling coming from all directions.

Little drops of ice decorated the White Pine, rapidly melting and turning into drips of water.

Looking upwards through the pine needles gave a very different impression.

Back in the meadow, the bare twigs of the Tamarack were marked with plenty of ice drops, as well as the tiny cones ready to grow and unfold.

Looking through an old apple tree.  By mid-morning the sun had melted all the ice and our last winter storm (?) was gone.

Hopefully that bit of freezing rain was winter's last gasp.  The snow along the fencerow is almost gone, and will probably be totally gone in 24 hours.

The big pile of snow where I blow snow off the driveway will take a little longer, but it is shrinking rapidly, down to 18 inches from 4 feet.

And underneath the snow we've had for 4 months, the mosses and lichens on logs and boulders provide the brightest bit of immediate green as spring tries to drive winter away and take over.

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