I'm not sure the meteorologists were exaggerating after all. We haven't had any serious snow squalls, which reduce visibility to nil, but we have had a lot of snow! Maybe 12" by now; at least our snowstick is almost covered! It sure does leave a very pretty world, as well as the hum of snowblowers in my ears.
The view out the back just looks white.
The branches of the Redbud out the back window caught a surprising amount of snow. Lots of brown seedpods.
Ah, but we're prepared. With me in a wheelchair we use a snowblowing service, and here he is. They also provide snow shovelling of the front walk, all for a price of course. It's sunny out now, and the snowy world is very beautiful.