Snow and Sun

A rare combination here lately. Lots of snow in December, accompanied by clouds; lots of rain and fog recently, a little more snow and clouds overnight.

So this Eye Candy Friday photo is from a couple weeks ago, when an unusual set of circumstances happened: Fresh snow! Bright sun! And an afternoon off, where I actually saw the sun! 

Here’s one of last summer’s echinaceas, still in my garden:

It really is sticking out at that odd angle from a sloping snowbank, in late afternoon sun.

To think that it used to look like this:

I know that Green will come again!

But winter has its own beauty.

(Just more so when the sun shines, sigh.)