Our January Thaw

We had a January thaw last week.  The temperature hit 9°C on Thursday, and a great deal of our snow disappeared!  It's back to winter now, quite abruptly, but the sequence of changes as we get a thaw always fascinates me.  It's impossible for me to get out and get many pictures in the winter, but I do have the view out our back window, so here goes.  Maybe it's seeing the same view every day that makes me aware of this.

If you remember. a week ago today the snow out back looked like this.

By Wednesday the temperature was rising and half our snowstick reappeared.

By Thursday morning the thaw was well underway.  The snow was simply collapsing down on itself and the bright sun was helping it along.

A leaf or two of the Hellebore appeared at the feet of our snowstick.  I wish that counted as an early sign of spring!

Patches of grass appeared on the golf course.

And a day later, a great deal of grass was showing.

But then 'poof!  It wasn't a lot of snow, but we woke up to everything looking white again, and it still does today.